enclave
(noun) an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
enclave (plural enclaves)
A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior.
(computing) An isolated portion of an application's address space, such that data in an enclave can only be accessed by code in the same enclave.
Enclaves are generally also exclaves, though exceptions exist (as detailed at list of enclaves and exclaves), and in common speech only the term enclave is used.
An enclave is an area surrounded by another area, while an exclave is an area cut off from the main area. An area can be cut off without being surrounded (such as Kaliningrad Oblast, cut off from the rest of Russia by Lithuania, Poland, and the Baltic Sea) hence exclaved without being enclaved, or surrounded without being cut off (such as the Kingdom of Lesotho, enclaved in South Africa, but not exclaved).
A pene-enclave (resp, pene-exclave) is an area that is an enclave "for practical purposes", but does not meet the strict definition. This is a very technical term.
enclave (third-person singular simple present enclaves, present participle enclaving, simple past and past participle enclaved)
(transitive) To enclose within a foreign territory.
• Valence, valence
Source: Wiktionary
En*clave", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.]
Definition: A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]
En*clave", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. enclaver.]
Definition: To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
