enclave — meaning in English

English meaning

• enclave noun A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
• island noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.

Senses

enclave is used for these senses in English:

• enclave A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
• island An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

enclave — full definition

1. noun A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
2. noun A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior.
3. noun An isolated portion of an application's address space, such that data in an enclave can only be accessed by code in the same enclave.

island — full definition

1. noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
2. noun Something that is isolated or set apart, resembling an island figuratively.
3. verb To cut off or isolate, as if surrounding with water.

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