Pacific island capital (8)
I believe the answer is:
honolulu
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pacific island capital</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for honolulu that I've seen before include "US Pacific state capital" , "Port in Hawaii" , "Capital of the 50th US state" , "Capital port" , "American port" .)