Country for example you passed through initially (5)
I believe the answer is:
egypt
'country' is the definition.
(Egypt is an example)
'example you passed through initially' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg'.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'you passed through' is 'ypt'.
'eg'+'ypt'='EGYPT'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for egypt that I've seen before include "North African country" , "Country ruled by Cleopatra" , "International team" , "Cleopatra its queen" , "Land of the lower Nile" .)