enclave

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
enclave
    n 1: an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the
         foreign territory that surrounds it
from The 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]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Enclave \En*clave"\, v. t. [Cf. F. enclaver.]
   To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]
   [1913 Webster]
from 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
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