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enclave

[en-kleyv, ahn-] / ˈɛn kleɪv, ˈɑn- /


NOUN
reservation
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Although most of the crowds of migrants have returned across the border to Morocco, authorities are struggling to find shelter for Moroccan children remaining in the Spanish enclave, who cannot be summarily deported.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

A Silicon Valley enclave topples Miami island as the most expensive U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Spanish authorities estimated that 60,000 migrants breached the border and entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

There were chaotic scenes on Thursday in Ceuta as border controls in the North African enclave apparently broke down.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

This enclave was Prince George’s County— “PG County” to the locals—and it was, to my eyes, very rich.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

An April congressional report on national security acknowledged Morocco’s longstanding claim on the two enclaves.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Spain's Ceuta and Melilla enclaves, which are located in North Africa, represent the European Union's only land border with Africa.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

It’s Friday afternoon in North Hollywood and Ziggy Marley is perched on a stool inside his newly built Rebel Lion Studio, tucked in one of the neighborhood’s creative enclaves.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

“Set within one of the city’s most secure gated enclaves, this newly rebuilt estate spans five acres on a commanding promontory, opening to sweeping mountain views and complete seclusion,” the description adds.

From MarketWatch May 20, 2026

Abigail herself reported that all the bedrock Federalist enclaves of New England were taken by surprise: “the whole community were like a flock of frightened pigions; nobody had their story ready.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The stamp cards could also include, for the completists, two cantonal quadripoints, and some space for the curious case of the two Appenzells, formerly a unified canton enclaved within Sankt Gallen.

From New York Times May 15, 2012

Further, the writing, though large, is not easily legible, for it is involved, enclaved, and conjointed in a manner sufficiently puzzling to those who see it for the first time.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley

DUDLEY, a municipal, county and parliamentary borough and market-town of Worcestershire, England, in a portion of that county enclaved in Staffordshire, 8 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Between this and Dudley lie the great ironworks of Roundoak, and the extensive suburb of Netherton in the enclaved portion of Worcestershire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various




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