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Mark this borough as a resort (4)

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I believe the answer is:

scar

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This could be a double definition.

'mark' is the first definition.
(mark left by an injury)

'this borough as a resort' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for scar that I've seen before include "Gordale - - , Yorks" , "Mark from a wound left on the skin" , "Craggy outcrop" , "Evidence of a past injury?" , "Skin mark; bare crag" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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