Smaller country Romanians abandoned (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
san marino
'smaller country' is the definition.
'san marino' can be an answer for 'country' (San Marino is an example). I am not sure about the 'smaller' bit.
'romanians abandoned' is the wordplay.
'abandoned' indicates anagramming the letters (the original order is abandoned).
'romanians' is an anagram of 'SAN MARINO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for san marino that I've seen before include "Independent republic, enclave of Italy near Rimini" , "town in Northern Italy" , "Small European republic" , "place with no coast" , "Italian-speaking country" .)