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Give a name to first-class city of Arabia (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dubai

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'city of arabia' is the definition.
'dubai' can be an answer for 'city' (UAE city). I'm not sure about the 'of arabia' bit.

'give a name to first-class' is the wordplay.
'give' says to put letters next to each other.
'a name' becomes 'dub' (as in dubbing someone with a particular name).
'to first class' becomes 'ai' (Ad - top quality).
'dub' put next to 'ai' is 'DUBAI'.

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(Other definitions for dubai that I've seen before include "Middle East destination" , "Persian Gulf state" , "Gulf territory" , "Arab city" , "Port city on the Persian Gulf" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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