1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ENCLAVE (a French word from enclater, to enclose), a term signifying a country or, more commonly, an outlying portion of a country, entirely surrounded by the territories of a foreign or other power, such as the detached portions of Prussia, Saxony, &c., enclosed in the Thuringian States. (From the point of view of the states possessing such detached portions of territory these become " exclavesl") " Enclave " is, however, generally used in a looser sense to describe a colony or other territory of a state, which, w…
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