Like India, having a large land area (4)
I believe the answer is:
asia
'large land area' is the definition.
'like india having a' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'having' says to put letters next to each other.
'as'+'i'+'a'='ASIA'
(Other definitions for asia that I've seen before include "space for economic expansion?" , "huge region" , "Populous area" , "The Orient" , "Great continent" .)