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Country bumpkin dialect's grasped (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

india

'country' is the definition.
(I know that India is or was a country)

'bumpkin dialect's grasped' is the wordplay.
'grasped' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (I've seen 'grasps' mean this).
'INDIA' is hidden in the letters of 'bumpkin dialects'.

(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Large Asian republic" , "Eastern region" , "Large subcontinent of Asia" , "The world's most populous democracy" , "Territory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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