exclave

Definitions

1. A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part.
2. A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland.
   rare

Equivalents

Examples

“Alaska and Kaliningrad are both examples of exclaves.”

“While there has never been a macronational bedroom nation, some exclaves have⟳ been barely larger.”

“Spain’s Melilla, one of two small exclaves of EU land⟳ on the African continent, has long been the strongest distillation of fortress Europe.”

“France, but the shape⟳ of a giraffe, with a number⟳ of its counties belonging to Wales, with an odd little exclave far up North in Norway? That's border⟳ gore.”

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