Fan making return visit had totally uncovered country (7)

I believe the answer is:

tunisia

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'country' is the definition.
(Tunisia is an example)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for tunisia that I've seen before include "Land" , "country-style" , "Republic in northwestern Africa" , "Country which contains the site of Carthage" , "N African country in which ancient Carthage lies" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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