European capital once outside old part of France (5)
I believe the answer is:
loire
This could be a double definition.
'european capital once outside old' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'part of france' is the second definition.
('Loire' is part of 'france')
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for loire that I've seen before include "Current French" , "Longest river in France" , "French department" , "department in France" , "French river (Orleans, Tours, Nantes)" .)