Nice Bordeaux? Mentions swallowing one (6)
I believe the answer is:
cities
'nice bordeaux? mentions swallowing one' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'mentions swallowing one' is the wordplay.
'mentions' becomes 'cites' ('cite' can be a synonym of 'mention').
'swallowing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'i' (roman numeral).
'cites' placed around 'i' is 'CITIES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cities that I've seen before include "Densely-populated urban areas" , "urban centres" , "Densely populated urban areas" , "Large Urban areas" , "Dickens novel, 'A Tale of Two ......'" .)