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European city? Very European city (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

venice

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'european city?' is the definition.
'Venice' can be an answer for 'city?' (Venice is an example). I'm not certain of the 'european' bit.

'very european city' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'city' becomes 'nice' (French city).
'v'+'e'+'nice'='VENICE'

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(Other definitions for venice that I've seen before include "Italian source" , "Italian city with Bridge of Sighs" , "City of canals instead of streets" , "City of gondoliers" , "Watery city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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