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Meaning of exclave | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɛkskleɪv/

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

Deutsch Exklave
Español exclave
Suomi eksklaavi
Français exclave
Nederlands exklave
Polski eksklawa
Português exclave
Русский эксклав

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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