Definition of "exclave" in English

noun

1. A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part.

   • Alaska and Kaliningrad are both examples of exclaves.

2. (medicine, rare) A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland.

verb

1. To separate a region in a way that turns it into an exclave.