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Land where people break into song (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

armenia

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'land' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'people break into song' is the wordplay.
'people' becomes 'men' (men are people).
'break into' indicates putting letters inside.
'song' becomes 'aria' (aria is a kind of song).
'men' put inside 'aria' is 'ARMENIA'.

'where' is the link.

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(Other definitions for armenia that I've seen before include "Landlocked country of southwest Asia" , "Caucasian republic" , "Landlocked country, an Asian soviet before 1991, capital Yerevan" , "Mountainous republic bordering Turkey" , "Republic formerly in the USSR" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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