en‧clave /ˈenkleɪv, ˈeŋ-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: Old French enclaver 'to enclose']
a small area that is within a larger area where people of a different kind or nationality live:
the former Portuguese enclave of East Timor [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲