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National borders ignored by EU country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omani

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'national borders ignored' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'by eu country' is the wordplay.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'eu' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'country' becomes 'oman' (Oman is an example).
'i' after 'oman' is 'OMANI'.

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(Other definitions for omani that I've seen before include "one from the Middle East" , "Naomi (anag) -- from Muscat?" , "Inhabitant of Middle Eastern sultanate" , "Native of one Arabian sultanate" , "Someone from Muscat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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