Lady travelling around island — a part of Ancient Asia (5)
I believe the answer is:
lydia
'ancient asia' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'lady travelling around island a part' is the wordplay.
'travelling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'a part' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'island' is 'i'.
'lady' is an anagram of 'lyda'.
'lyda' going around 'i' is 'LYDIA'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lydia that I've seen before include "lady" , "girl" , "where Croesus was king" , "Girl's name - ancient kingdom in Asia Minor" , "Daily it's a girl's name" .)