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A Siamese originated here (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asia

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'originated here' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'a siamese' is the wordplay.
'siamese' becomes 'sia' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'sia'='ASIA'

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(Other definitions for asia that I've seen before include "huge amount of ground" , "lands in the east" , "Part of the world" , "Continental land mass" , "Tigers found here" .)

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