Where, in Italy, mail is sorted for the north (5)
I believe the answer is:
milan
'where in italy' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition. I also know that 'italy' relates to this answer.
'mail is sorted for the north' is the wordplay.
'is sorted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'the north' becomes 'n' (abbreviation).
'mail' anagrammed gives 'mila'.
'mila'+'n'='MILAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for milan that I've seen before include "Northern Italian city" , "Italian industrial city" , "N. Italian city" , "province" , "European city" .)