City spa a Dane transformed (8)

I believe the answer is:

pasadena

'city' is the definition.
(Pasadena is a city in California)

'spa a dane transformed' is the wordplay.
'transformed' indicates an anagram.
'spa'+'a'+'dane'='spaadane'
'spaadane' anagrammed gives 'PASADENA'.

(Other definitions for pasadena that I've seen before include "US city" , "California city of the Rose Bowl stadium" , "City in Los Angeles County" , "Californian city" , "place in California" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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