Country air — see loner transformed (6,5)

I believe the answer is:

sierra leone

'country' is the definition.
(Sierra Leone is an example)

'air see loner transformed' is the wordplay.
'transformed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'air'+'see'+'loner'='airseeloner'
'airseeloner' with letters rearranged gives 'SIERRA LEONE'.

(Other definitions for sierra leone that I've seen before include "West African nation" , "West African country, capital Freetown" , "W. African republic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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