The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word COUNTY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result COUNTY
- Region of land has no river
- Rather like a European noble’s province?
- Beds, say, are important, the ultimate in luxury
- Consider close to Surrey and Berkshire, say
- Down, perhaps
- Down perhaps, reckon needing holiday finally
- Company agreement to lose one department
- Reckon Yankee is in a bit of a state
- Rural area lacking river in Shropshire?
- State loses right to make district
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What does COUNTY mean?
COUNTY noun- The land ruled by a count or a countess.
- An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).
- A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
- A jail operated by a county government.
- Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.