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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King