Biblical city with one American subject in region (9)
I believe the answer is:
arimathea
'biblical city' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'one american subject in region' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'american subject' becomes 'math' (math is a kind of subject. I am not sure about the 'american' bit.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'region' becomes 'area' (area is a kind of region).
'i'+'math'='imath'
'imath' put within 'area' is 'ARIMATHEA'.
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arimathea that I've seen before include "place of Joseph" , "Joseph of --, figure in the Gospels" , "where Joseph came from" , "Biblical location" .)