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A 5 letter English word.

Remove the first letter, and you will get the name of a country.

The last 3 letters give the opposite meaning of the word.

What is the 5 letter word?

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The answer is:

woman

Remove first and you get country name

Oman

Last three letters are

man (opposite of woman)

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No-man

The other answer certainly fits in better, but I think this works too.

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  • $\begingroup$ My first thought. +1 $\endgroup$
    – Scimonster
    Jul 20 '16 at 18:21
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Might also

NOMAN

First letter removed then

OMAN

Opposite of

NOMAN is MAN

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    $\begingroup$ Welcome to Puzzling!! Please don't copy answers and do try to keep it as original as possible $\endgroup$
    – Sid
    Jul 20 '16 at 17:49
  • $\begingroup$ I am sorry. I am new to this group and I was not aware that clicking on spoiler will reveal the answer. So I posted the answer without viewing the others answers. In case you have any questions, you may check my answer edits in which I tried to delete (but no such option found) and also tried to implement spoiler. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. $\endgroup$
    – Manoj
    Jul 21 '16 at 1:36

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