Egyptian canal (4)
I believe the answer is:
suez
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">egyptian canal</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for suez that I've seen before include "African city" , "Nineteen Fifty-Six crisis canal" , "Middle East canal" , "Port of NE Egypt" , "Site of canal" .)