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Into Panama sailed East African (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

masai

'african' is the definition.
(the Masai are an ethnic group of Kenya)

'into panama sailed east' is the wordplay.
'into' indicates a hidden word.
'MASAI' is hidden within 'panama sailed east'.

(Other definitions for masai that I've seen before include "Member of an African pastoral people" , "Africans" , "E.African pastoral people" , "Kenyan language" , "East African people" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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