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Country hotel's successor (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

india

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This clue could be a double definition.

'country' is the first definition.
(India is an example)

'hotel's successor' is the second definition.
I know that 'hotel' relates to this answer. I also know that both the answer and definition are singular nouns

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Bollywood's country" , "Populous Asian country" , "IDA in the country?" , "Country of Gandhi" , "South Asian republic" .)

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