An article on the alphabet Rose edited for the islands (3,6)

I believe the answer is:

the azores

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'an article on the alphabet rose edited' is the definition.
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'the islands' is the wordplay.
'islands' becomes 'azores' (I've seen this before).
'the'+'azores'='THE AZORES'

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