enclave
- 01 C1 Advanced
n.a piece of land or a country that is entirely surrounded by the territory of another country.
n.a portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or politically distinct.
Simple“The small mountain village is a political enclave surrounded by a different nation.”
In context“The treaty established the coastal town as a sovereign enclave, ensuring its administrative independence despite being entirely encircled by the neighbouring state.”
Synonymsexclaveterritory - 02 C2 Proficiency
n.a protected area in a computer's memory that other programs cannot see or change.
n.a secure, isolated portion of an application's address space that protects sensitive data from unauthorized access by other processes.
Simple“The software stores your passwords in a secure enclave to keep them safe from hackers.”
In context“The processor architecture uses hardware-based enclaves to ensure that even if the operating system is compromised, the encryption keys remain inaccessible.”
- 03 C2 Proficiency
v.to make a piece of land or a group entirely surrounded by something else.
v.to enclose a territory or group within a foreign or distinct environment.
Simple“The new borders will enclave the small town within the neighboring province.”
In context“The geopolitical shifts following the war served to enclave several ethnic minorities, creating complex administrative challenges for the new government.”
“Morocco has added barbed wire and more police near Spain’s Ceuta enclave after online calls for another mass crossing.”
“This weekend, Mohammed wants to travel from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the northern tip of Africa.”
Borrowed from French enclave, from Middle French enclave (“enclave”), deverbal of enclaver (“to inclose”), from Old French enclaver (“to inclose, lock in”), from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre (“to lock in”), from in + Latin clavis (“key”) or clavus (“nail, bolt”). Compare inlock.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.