State of symmetric pair of Autobahn sections (4)

I believe the answer is:

utah

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'state' is the definition.
(I know that Utah is a state)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for utah that I've seen before include "US state, capital Salt Lake City" , "America's Mormon state" , "State founded by Mormon" , "US state settled by the Mormons" , "Mormon US state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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