Word of the day: exclave
Logically enough, exclave is the opposite of enclave, but one tends to see the second word much more often.
So an enclave is an area or group enclosed or isolated within an larger one and an exclave is a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part.
I came across the word exclave today while reading about plans for the next World Cup which will be in 2018 in Russia. The article referred to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
July 15th, 2014 at 5:30 pm
Hi Roger,
This is another of those words that I’ve known for ages, in this instance because I went to school in Worcester. We learnt about local history, including Worcestershire’s county boundaries with its enclaves and exclaves. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire#Local_government
July 16th, 2014 at 9:07 pm
You are very erudite, Janet.