Al leaves one country for another (7)
I believe the answer is:
austria
'al' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for austria that I've seen before include "USA art I send to European state" , "Original setting for Mozart" , "European nation" , "Under the Hapsburgs, it controlled the Holy Roman Empire" , "One state" .)