American state or Asian article (7)
I believe the answer is:
indiana
'american state' is the definition.
(I know that Indiana is U.S. state)
'asian article' is the wordplay.
'asian' becomes 'Indian ' (India is in Asia).
'article' becomes 'a' (English indefinite article).
'indian'+'a'='INDIANA'
'or' is the link.
(Other definitions for indiana that I've seen before include "Vice President Pence's state" , "Gary's place" , "--- Jones, Harrison Ford film character" , "State in which one may find Gary" , "State of southern US" .)