Associations to the word «Enclave»

Wiktionary

ENCLAVE, noun. A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
ENCLAVE, noun. A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior.
ENCLAVE, verb. (transitive) To enclose within a foreign territory.

Dictionary definition

ENCLAVE, noun. An enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope