Whence dad is about to start for Rouen? (5)

I believe the answer is:

paris

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'whence dad is about to start for rouen?' is the definition.
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'dad is about to start for rouen?' is the wordplay.
'dad' becomes 'pa' (both can mean one's father).
'about' indicates an anagram.
'to start for' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'rouen' is 'r'.
'is' anagrammed with 'r' makes 'ris'.
'pa'+'ris'='PARIS'

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(Other definitions for paris that I've seen before include "English chronicler" , "Eiffel Tower city" , "Arc de Triomphe city" , "'I Love - - ', song by 14" , "Continental capital" .)

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