Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A metric unit of area equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres).

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the metric system, a superficial measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters, or 2.4711 acres.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A unit of surface area (symbol ha) 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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)

Etymologies

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From French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekaton, "hundred") + are.

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Examples

  • By the way I understand, probably incorrectly, that the use of hectarea instead of hectare is a Mexican idiosyncracy.

    he Spanish letter"e" 2007

  • By the way I understand, probably incorrectly, that the use of hectarea instead of hectare is a Mexican idiosyncracy.

    he Spanish letter"e" 2007

  • By the way I understand, probably incorrectly, that the use of hectarea instead of hectare is a Mexican idiosyncracy.

    he Spanish letter"e" 2007

  • By the way I understand, probably incorrectly, that the use of hectarea instead of hectare is a Mexican idiosyncracy.

    he Spanish letter"e" 2007

  • By the way I understand, probably incorrectly, that the use of hectarea instead of hectare is a Mexican idiosyncracy.

    he Spanish letter"e" 2007

  • By the way I understand, probably incorrectly, that the use of hectarea instead of hectare is a Mexican idiosyncracy.

    he Spanish letter"e" 2007

  • By the way I understand, probably incorrectly, that the use of hectarea instead of hectare is a Mexican idiosyncracy.

    he Spanish letter"e" 2007

  • But by using the high-yielding varieties, fertilizing heavily, sowing at the right time, and managing the fields properly, the same farmer can now harvest five tons of wheat and seven tons of rice per hectare from the same land, a total of twelve metric tons of food grain per hectare per year, as contrasted with the two and a half tons which he obtained with the old varieties and methods.

    Norman Borlaug - Nobel Lecture 1970

  • This year, Afghan poppies yielded 56 kg of opium per hectare, which is a 15 percent increase over 2008 and five times more than what opium farmers yield in the Golden Triangle of South-east Asia.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • This year, Afghan poppies yielded 56 kg of opium per hectare, which is a 15 percent increase over 2008 and five times more than what opium farmers yield in the Golden Triangle of South-east Asia.

    What are they smoking? 2009

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