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DictionaryhectareMetric land-area unit
noun

hectare

HEK-tair/ˈhekter/

A unit of land area equal to 10,000 square meters.

The farm covers one hectare, or 10,000 square meters.

A large square farm field seen from above divided into ten by ten smaller square plots, tractor tiny for scale, represents 100-by-100-meter hectare; no text.
Etymology
hectGreekone hundred
+areLatinlevel ground, open space

The ground element supplies the idea of surface area, while “hundred” counts ares, not square meters. A hectare is one hundred ares, totaling 10,000 square meters.

In context

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More examples

  • The town protects twenty hectares of woodland.
  • We plant vegetables on half a hectare.
  • The farmer measures the wheat harvest in tons per hectare.

Forms

hectare · hectares

Similar words

acre
A different land-area unit, equal to about 0.405 hectares.
are
A smaller metric area unit, equal to 100 square meters.