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Showing words for ENCLAVE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Enclave

enclave, levance, valence

6 Letter Words for Enclave

cleave, elance, encave, enlace, leaven

5 Letter Words for Enclave

aleve, ancle, anele, calve, canel, cavel, clave, clean, cleve, elvan, elven, lance, leave, leven, naeve, navel, neela, nevel, veale, veena, venae, venal

4 Letter Words for Enclave

acle, acne, alce, alec, alee, alen, ance, cane, cave, cele, cene, clan, clee, eale, eave, eevn, elan, elec, elev, elne, elve, encl, eval, even, lace, laen, lane, lave, lean, lena, lene, leva, leve, nace, nael, nale, nave, neal, neve, vale, vane, veal, veen, vela, vele, vena

3 Letter Words for Enclave

ace, alc, ale, aln, anc, ane, ave, avn, cal, can, cav, cee, cel, cen, cva, ean, eec, eel, een, ela, enc, ene, enl, env, eve, lac, lan, lav, lca, lea, lee, lev, nae, nav, nea, nee, vac, vae, val, van, vee, vel

Definitions for Enclave

[1] a country, or especially, an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country.
[2] any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one: a Chinese-speaking enclave in London.
[3] to isolate or enclose (especially territory) within a foreign or uncongenial environment; make an enclave of: The desert enclaved the little settlement.
[4] a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the surrounding territories Compare exclave

Words related to Enclave

peninsula, reef, archipelago, islet, isle, territory, reserve, province, sector, land, neighborhood, district, zone, area, country, terrain, colony, nation, field, state

Words nearby Enclave

encke, encke's comet, encke's division, encl., enclasp, enclave, enclitic, enclose, enclosed order, enclosure, enclosure act

Origin of Enclave

1865–70; < French, Middle French, noun derivative of enclaver < Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre to lock in, equivalent to Latin in- in-2 + clāv(is ) key + -āre infinitive suffix

Word origin for Enclave

C19: from French, from Old French enclaver to enclose, from Vulgar Latin inclāvāre (unattested) to lock up, from Latin in- ² + clavis key

Synonyms for Enclave

archipelago, isle, islet, peninsula, reef, atoll, bar, cay, haven, key, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter