Live race in Irish island kingdom (6)
I believe the answer is:
brunei
'island kingdom' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'live race in irish' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'race' becomes 'run' (synonyms).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'irish' becomes 'i' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'be' going around 'run' is 'brune'.
'brune'+'i'='BRUNEI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brunei that I've seen before include "It's sultan is immensely rich" , "North Borneo sultanate" , "Its sultan is famously very wealthy" , "Commonwealth country" , "Southeast Asian sultanate" .)