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Province not one area da Gama visits? (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nova scotia

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'province' is the definition.
(province of Canada)

'not one area da gama visits?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'no' (negative) and 'no' is found in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'area' could be 'a' (maths abbreviation) and 'a' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for nova scotia that I've seen before include "Canadian province" , "Canadian peninsula" , "Atlantic region" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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