http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508876Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:25:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508876Tanit0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508876http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-508876.xmlSounds 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508709Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:25:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508709CalifJim1http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508709http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-508709.xmlSounds 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. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508574Sat, 23 May 2009 23:25:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508574Delmobile2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508574http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-508574.xmlWill "enclave" do?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508564Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:25:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508564Grammar Geek3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508564http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-508564.xmlCould you call it a non-continguous portion?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508515Sat, 23 May 2009 23:25:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508515Philip4http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htm#508515http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-508515.xmlI'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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htmTue, 24 Mar 2009 00:25:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508407Tanit5http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWouldYouCall/gbwdz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-508407.xmlHi, 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...