Standard article from northern France (6)
I believe the answer is:
norman
'france' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'standard article from northern' is the wordplay.
'standard' becomes 'norm' (norm is a kind of standard).
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'from' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'northern' becomes 'n' (abbreviation e.g. N. Ireland).
'norm'+'a'+'n'='NORMAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for norman that I've seen before include "-- Wisdom, comedian" , "he invaded England" , "Romanesque architectural style" , "- Mailer, US author" , "Old French r" .)