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Be longer perhaps in French location (8)

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I believe the answer is:

grenoble

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'french location' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'be longer perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'be'+'longer'='belonger'
'belonger' anagrammed gives 'GRENOBLE'.

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(Other definitions for grenoble that I've seen before include "City of alpine France, capital of the Isere department" , "City of SE France" , "City of southeast France" , "City of south-eastern France" , "European city" .)

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