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Health resort in European address (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spain

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'european address' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'health resort in' is the wordplay.
'health resort' becomes 'spa' (spa can mean a health resort).
'spa'+'in'='SPAIN'

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(Other definitions for spain that I've seen before include "Madrid is its capital" , "European country" , "holiday country" , "Iberian country" , "Pains badly to be in the country" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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