Where, abroad, Alma got upset by some Yanks? (6)
I believe the answer is:
malaya
'where abroad' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'alma got upset by some yanks?' is the wordplay.
'got upset' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'getting upset' mean this).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'some' becomes 'a'.
'yanks?' becomes 'y' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'alma' is an anagram of 'mala'.
'a' after 'y' is 'ya'.
'mala'+'ya'='MALAYA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for malaya that I've seen before include "Old colony" , "peninsular group of states" , "Former country of southeast Asia, now part of another" .)