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It's said, out west, to be in the east (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sunup

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'east' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for sunup that I've seen before include "First appearance of star" , "First light (US), rhymes with travelling over one hundred mph" , "when a new day dawns" , "Daybreak (in America)" , "early in America" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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