Very local article about English capital (6)
I believe the answer is:
vienna
'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Austria)
'very local article about english' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'local' becomes 'inn' (local can mean someone's local pub).
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'inn'+'a'='inna'
'inna' placed around 'e' is 'ienna'.
'v'+'ienna'='VIENNA'
(Other definitions for vienna that I've seen before include "somewhere in Austria" , "Capital city on the Danube" , "European capital" , "On the Danube, it was home to many great composers" , "Capital city of Austria" .)