Island in the wild part of Dalmatia (5)
I believe the answer is:
malta
'island' is the definition.
(Malta is an example)
'the wild part of dalmatia' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'part' could be 'ala' (ala is a kind of part) and 'ala' is located in the remaining letters.
A single letter 'm' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for malta that I've seen before include "The capital is Valetta" , "seagirt republic" , "Mediterranean country" , "GC island" , "Island European country" .)