Black Hole' in India associated with a historic place name (9)
I believe the answer is:
abyssinia
'historic place name' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'black hole' in india associated with a' is the wordplay.
'black hole'' becomes 'abyss' (I've seen this in another clue).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'associated with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'abyss'+'in'+'i'+'a'='ABYSSINIA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abyssinia that I've seen before include "country in Africa" , "Ethiopia, formerly" , "former African state" , "Former name of northeast African country" , "What became Ethiopia" .)