exclave

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Particularly tricky is the presence of several exclaves – towns belonging to one country placed well inside the borders of another.

From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2016

There are now two Russian exclaves in continental Europe: Crimea and Kaliningrad.

From Forbes • Jun. 6, 2014

Thanks to all that, today we have a treasure trove of intra-cantonal enclaves and exclaves.

From New York Times • May 15, 2012

All the while, the peculiar borders of these exclaves persist, and harden and soften according to circumstance.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2012

There are also eleven very small exclaves, mostly grouped about Homburg to the south-west of Oberhessen; but the largest is Wimpfen on the north-west frontier of W�rttemberg.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various