Birthplace of assassinated King, republic (7)
I believe the answer is:
georgia
'republic' is the definition.
(I know that Georgia is a republic)
'birthplace of assassinated king' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'king' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Edward Rex, various English kings) and 'er' is located in the remaining letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for georgia that I've seen before include "Southern US state" , "A US state; a country" , "American state, capital Atlanta" , "republic" , "Country in the Caucasus" .)