By Vichara

We come into this world like a child who enters a room where a great speaker is sharing wonderful secrets. We did not hear the beginning and we will leave before the finish and only hear and understand fragments of what is being said. We may never fully understand all that is being said but we should take the good that we have heard and empower our lives with it to make a difference in not only our lives, but also the lives of others.

exclave • \EKS-kleiv\ • noun
: a portion of a country separated from the main part and constituting an enclave in respect to the surrounding territory

Example Sentence:
Technically, the state of Alaska is an exclave of the United States: it borders only Canadian territory.

Did you know?
You probably won't be surprised to learn that the key to "exclave" is found in "enclave." "Enclave" itself ultimately derives from the Latin word for "key," which is "clavis." It was adopted in the mid-19th century from Middle French "enclaver" ("to enclose"), which in turn derives (through Vulgar Latin) from "in-" and "clavis." "Exclave" was formed about twenty years later by combining the prefix "ex-" and the "-clave" of "enclave." Other "clavis" descendants in English include "autoclave," "clavicle," "conclave," and "clavichord" ("an early keyboard instrument in use before the piano").