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A place that belongs to one country but got surrounded by another's ambitions.
means A small, distinct territory or group entirely surrounded by a larger, foreign or different one.
from From French enclave, from enclaver 'to enclose, to lock in,' built from Latin inclavare (in- 'in' + clavis 'key') — literally to shut something in as if turning a key on it. The word entered English diplomatic and legal vocabulary to describe land locked inside someone else's borders, long before it loosened up to mean any pocket of difference — ethnic, cultural, or otherwise — hemmed in by its surroundings.
- etymology
- from Latin for key, as in locked in
- famous example
- Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa
- exclave twist
- enclave to neighbors, exclave to its own country
- political headache
- borders drawn by treaties, ignored by geography