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I believe the answer is:

colorado

(Other definitions for colorado that I've seen before include "US state (with a beetle)" , "American state, capital Denver" , "State in the Rockies" , "in America?" , "Denver's state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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