Pristina is its capital (6)
I believe the answer is:
kosovo
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pristina is its capital</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for kosovo that I've seen before include "Part of former Yugoslavia" , "Land recently emerging" , "Balkan state declared independent in 2008" , "Former province of Serbia that declared independence in 2008, capital Pristina" , "UN-administered area of former Yugoslavia" .)