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India, essentially (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peninsula

(Other definitions for peninsula that I've seen before include "Piece of land projecting into water" , "Long narrow piece of land projecting into the sea" , "Iberia?" , "cape" , "Near-island" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.
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