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What ex-pat might view as something that divides us from Europe (7,7)

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I believe the answer is:

english channel

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'europe' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
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(Another definition for english channel that I've seen is " distances us from France".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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