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City in the Americas is, oddly, not a city in the Americas (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ontario

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'city in the americas' is the definition.
'ontario' can be an answer for 'city' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'in the americas' bit.

'oddly not a city in the americas' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a city in the americas' becomes 'ario' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'not' anagrammed gives 'ont'.
'ont'+'ario'='ONTARIO'

'is' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for ontario that I've seen before include "city" , "provincial area" , "one of the provinces" , "Province of SE Canada, and a Great Lake" , "Most populous Canadian province" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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