"special area" meaning in English

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      "form": "special areas",
      "tags": [
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      "expansion": "special area (plural special areas)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Canadian English",
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        },
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        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Alberta",
          "orig": "en:Alberta",
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      "glosses": [
        "Any one of three specific rural municipalities in Alberta, Canada, governed by the Special Areas Board."
      ],
      "id": "en-special_area-en-noun-0RGK3yxc",
      "links": [
        [
          "rural",
          "rural"
        ],
        [
          "municipalities",
          "municipality"
        ],
        [
          "Alberta",
          "Alberta"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada) Any one of three specific rural municipalities in Alberta, Canada, governed by the Special Areas Board."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "special area"
}

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    {
      "form": "special areas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "special area (plural special areas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Canadian English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "en:Alberta"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any one of three specific rural municipalities in Alberta, Canada, governed by the Special Areas Board."
      ],
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        [
          "rural",
          "rural"
        ],
        [
          "municipalities",
          "municipality"
        ],
        [
          "Alberta",
          "Alberta"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada) Any one of three specific rural municipalities in Alberta, Canada, governed by the Special Areas Board."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "special area"
}