hectare

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.

/ˈhɛk.tɛə/ /ˈhɛk.tɑː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hectare.wav /ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/ /ˈhektaː/ /ˈhektɛː/

hectare hectares hektare

Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are, equivalent to hect- + are.

square hectometre

acre Not to be confused with hector

decare gigahectare global hectare hectarage multihectare

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