Church in America, a friendly kind (5)
I believe the answer is:
china
'a friendly kind' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'church in america' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'america' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation eg in USA).
'ch'+'in'+'a'='CHINA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for china that I've seen before include "Hi, can you make porcelain here?" , "Mate (Cockney rhyming slang)" , "Oriental country" , "High quality porcelain" , "service" .)
