Exclave

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  • noun. A part of a country that is isolated from the main part and is surrounded by foreign territory.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A part of a country, province, or the like which is disjoined from the main part.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part
  • noun. A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid, or other gland.
    • Word Usage
    "Timor-Leste is one of the smallest countries in the world, consisting of the eastern half of the island of Timor western half belongs to Indonesia, and the islands of Atauro and Jaco, and the exclave of Oecusse."
    cross-reference
    enclave  pene-enclave  pene-exclave  
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