ESL Vocabulary and Idioms

Re: what would you call ...

Tanit — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:06:56 GMT

CalifJim
Sounds like Alaska or Hawaii with respect to the U.S.

Yep! Exactly. On a much smaller scale, though!
Seems there's no standard expression for this, right?

Thank you very much, Philip, Barb, Del and CJ. I will probably use all of your suggestions, so as not to bore the readers.

Re: what would you call ...

CalifJim — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:27:45 GMT

Sounds like Alaska or Hawaii with respect to the U.S.

I'm with GG on this one. I'd use the word 'non-contiguous' -- something like 'non-contiguous territory'.

territory, area, zone -- whatever.

Re: what would you call ...

Delmobile — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:09:44 GMT

Will "enclave" do?

Re: what would you call ...

Grammar Geek — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:59:34 GMT

Could you call it a non-continguous portion?

Re: what would you call ...

Philip — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:44:15 GMT

I've never heard the term, but I think that within a context such as you have given, "administrative island" would be perfectly understoon. It is isolated, figuratively, from the others.

what would you call ...

Tanit — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:17:42 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering if there's a term or expression in English for what in Italian we'd call (if that were to be literally translated) an "administrative island". A quick search on google seems to suggest that this expression exists, but with a meaning different from the one I'd want to convey.

Municipalities are administrative units; their territory can be displayed on a map by means of borders. Usually, in a map we have one polygon for each municipality. Now, let's say that a part of this administrative unity is completely separated from the rest, but it is not an island in the sea or in the middle of a lake/river ... this is quite common in Italy for historical reasons. What would you call it?

(If my attempt to describe what I'm looking for does not make any sense, please feel free to ask for more information ).

Many thanks in advance!