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Jordanian capitalists' centre (5)

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I believe the answer is:

amman

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'jordanian capitalists' centre' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'jordanian capitalists' centre' is the wordplay.
'jordanian' becomes 'amma' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'capitalists'' becomes 'kings'' (king is a kind of capitalist).
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letter of 'kings' is 'n'.
'amma'+'n'='AMMAN'

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(Other definitions for amman that I've seen before include "Jordanian city" , "A capital f-fellow in Jordan?" , "Jordanian capital" , "Asian capital" , "Jordan's capital" .)

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