Town house in real disorder (6)

I believe the answer is:

lahore

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'town' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'house in real disorder' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'disorder' indicates anagramming the letters (a disordered version of the letters).
'real' anagrammed gives 'lare'.
'ho' placed within 'lare' is 'LAHORE'.

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(Other definitions for lahore that I've seen before include "NE Pakistani city" , "Pak. Punjab city" , "West Pakistan capital, 1955-70" , "Lo, hear about Indian city" , "Large domestic pigeon - city in Pakistan" .)

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