Article, genuine, referring to locality (5)
I believe the answer is:
areal
'referring to locality' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'article genuine' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'genuine' becomes 'real' (associated in meaning).
'a'+'real'='AREAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for areal that I've seen before include "Concerned with size" , "Like region" , "of space" .)