The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BURMA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result BURMA
- Country having a thousand Polish perhaps returning
- Rumba dancing in what is now Myanmar
- Name of Asian state, wrong but including right one
- A state once brought about by morning massage
- Northerly Polish mother country, as was
- Polish revolutionary’s mother country?
- Country’s medical organisation outside the old city
- A maiden given massage back in the old country
- Polish rejected by mother country
- Variation of rumba in Eastern state recalled
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The straight part
We know that "Country" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case country = burma.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.