Part of Leicester associated with Hawaii (3)
I believe the answer is:
lei
'part of leicester associated with hawaii' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'part of leicester associated with hawaii' is the wordplay.
'part of' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'part' mean this).
'associated with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hawaii' becomes 'ei' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The initial letter of 'leicester' is 'l'.
'l'+'ei'='LEI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lei that I've seen before include "What Romanians spend" , "Floral necklace" , "ready in Romania" , "Blooming string" , "Flowers worn round the neck" .)