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Middle Eastern kingdom has a hotel in mind (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bahrain

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'middle eastern kingdom' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'a hotel in mind' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mind' becomes 'brain' (synonyms).
'a'+'h'='ah'
'ah' inserted within 'brain' is 'BAHRAIN'.

'has' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bahrain that I've seen before include "kingdom in Middle East" , "Gulf sheikhdom, capital Manama" , "Island country in the Persian Gulf" , "Arab state" , "Arab sheikhdom" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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