This country's name is that of a girl! (6)

I believe the answer is:

france

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'this country's' is the definition.
(France is an example)

'name is that of a girl' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'name' could be 'fran' and 'fran' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for france that I've seen before include "in E" , "[NAPOLEON] 's place" , "Land of Bordeaux and Burgundy" , "Can ref come from here?" , "Anatole ---, Fr. novelist" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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