Article, genuine, referring to locality (5)

I believe the answer is:

areal

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'referring to locality' is the definition.
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'article genuine' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'genuine' becomes 'real' (associated in meaning).
'a'+'real'='AREAL'

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(Other definitions for areal that I've seen before include "Concerned with size" , "Like region" , "of space" .)

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