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Washington, but not Washington, D.C. (yet!) (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

state

(Other definitions for state that I've seen before include "Say; nation" , "Civil government of a country" , "whole people" , "E.g. Georgia" , "Say; condition" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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