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Girl's name for a French city (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nancy

'for a french city' is the definition.
(city in France)

'girl's name' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Nan' (short for Nancy or Ann).
'name' becomes 'cy' ().
'nan'+'cy'='NANCY'

(Other definitions for nancy that I've seen before include "one of the Mitford sisters" , "Dickensian character who died" , "City in Lorraine" , "Dickensian murder victim - city in northeast France" , "No Man" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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