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7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
originBorrowed from French enclave, from Middle French enclave (“enclave”), deverbal of enclaver (“to inclose”), from Old French enclaver (“to inclose, lock in”), from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre (“to lock in”), from in + Latin clavis (“key”) or clavus (“nail, bolt”). Compare inlock.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- cleave 11
- encave 11
- calve 10
- cavel 10
- clave 10
- cleve 10
- leaven 9
- cave 9
- elance 8
- enlace 8
- elvan 8
- elven 8