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Country of Europe (5)

Ross

I think it could be either:

italy

union

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This might be a double definition.

'country' is the first definition.
(I know that Union is a historical country)

'europe' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for union that I've seen before include "mating" , "Conjunction" , "Togetherness" , "The joining of two or more together" , "(Pipe) coupling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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