Definition of "exclave" [ex•clave]

• A part of a country that is isolated from the main part and is surrounded by foreign territory. (noun)

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• "Timor-Leste is one of the smallest countries in the world, consisting of the eastern half of the island of Timor western half belongs to Indonesia, and the islands of Atauro and Jaco, and the exclave of Oecusse."
• "Malvolio — hypertechnically, it is an exclave of New York, in that it is controlled by New York but within the legal boundaries of Jersey City, New Jersey."
• "Will this lead the Paris-based leadership of the "Republic of Cabinda" who seek to create an independent state in the Angolan exclave of Cabinda once known as the Portuguese Congo wedged in between Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa?"