A place of growing pride (6)

I believe the answer is:

london

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'a place' is the definition.
(I know that London is an city)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for london that I've seen before include "Construction across the Thames near the Monument" , "England's capital city" , "Jack - , US author (White Fang); city" , "- Clay; - pride; - plane" , "City for the odd non-old" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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