Asian country adopted by urbane Palestinian (5)

I believe the answer is:

nepal

'asian country' is the definition.
(country in Asia)

'adopted by urbane palestinian' is the wordplay.
'adopted by' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'NEPAL' can be found hidden inside 'urbane palestinian'.

(Other definitions for nepal that I've seen before include "Himalayan country" , "Gurkha homeland" , "place in the mountains ..." , "Asian kingdom" , "Small lake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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