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Of French and German and English county (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

devon

'english county' is the definition.
(Devon is an English county)

'of french and german' is the wordplay.
'of french' becomes 'de' ('of' in French).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'german' becomes 'von' (common element in German surnames).
'de'+'von'='DEVON'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for devon that I've seen before include "Ilfracombe's county" , "County in SW England" , "Clotted-cream county" , "part of England?" , "English county" .)

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