enclave

4 definitions found

enclave - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Enclave \En*clave"\, n. [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.]
     A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another
     territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]
     [1913 Webster]

  Enclave \En*clave"\, v. t. [Cf. F. enclaver.]
     To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]
     [1913 Webster]

enclave - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  enclave
      n 1: an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the
           foreign territory that surrounds it

enclave - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "enclave":
     arena, block, cincture, clos, close, confine, container, coop,
     court, courtyard, croft, curtilage, delimited field, enclosure,
     field, fold, forty, ground, kraal, list, lot, pale, paling,
     parcel of land, park, patch, pen, plat, plot, plot of ground, quad,
     quadrangle, real estate, section, square, theater, toft, tract,
     yard