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Remain a strange republic (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

armenia

'republic' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'remain a strange' is the wordplay.
'strange' is an anagram indicator.
'remain'+'a'='remaina'
'remaina' with letters rearranged gives 'ARMENIA'.

(Other definitions for armenia that I've seen before include "Mountainous republic bordering Turkey" , "Landlocked country, an Asian soviet before 1991, capital Yerevan" , "Republic formerly in the USSR" , "Former Soviet republic of south-east Europe, capital Yerevan" , "Country in the Caucasus, capital Yerevan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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