Chop Algeria in pieces, like Indonesia (11)
I believe the answer is:
archipelago
'indonesia' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'chop algeria in pieces' is the wordplay.
'in pieces' indicates an anagram.
'chop'+'algeria'='chopalgeria'
'chopalgeria' anagrammed gives 'ARCHIPELAGO'.
'like' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for archipelago that I've seen before include "the Philippines maybe" , "Group of many islands" , "Cluster of islands" , "Large island group" , "Large group of islands" .)