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From Vigo Ann went to a French city (7)

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I believe the answer is:

avignon

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'to a french city' is the definition.
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'from vigo ann' is the wordplay.
'from' is an anagram indicator (from the letters).
'vigo'+'ann'='vigoann'
'vigoann' is an anagram of 'AVIGNON'.

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(Other definitions for avignon that I've seen before include "French city, once seat of Popes" , "Les Demoiselles d'here, Picasso" , "French papal city" , "City of southeast France" , "City on the Rhone with a famous medieval bridge" .)

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