Region of France (8)
I believe the answer is:
normandy
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">region of france</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for normandy that I've seen before include "North France region" , "over the water" , "French region" , "place of William" , "Region of NE France bordering on English channel" .)