hectare

noun

hect·​are ˈhek-ˌter How to pronounce hectare (audio) -ˌtär How to pronounce hectare (audio)
: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table

Examples of hectare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Despite seasonal assistance, hundreds of hectares of their ranch stretched by Chilko Lake are nurtured by all members of the Lares family all year round. Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024 There are hundreds of hectares filled with mines and unexploded ordnance. Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024 The company has consolidated the largest land package in the region, with total land holdings currently exceeding 62,000 hectares. Miami Herald, 8 May 2024 The activists moved into the forest in February, in an attempt to physically block Tesla from clearing another 100 hectares of forest for its expansion. Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 May 2024 The Company has consolidated the largest land package in the region, with total land holdings currently exceeding 62,000 hectares. Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024 The land area affected by small-scale mining more than doubled between 2012 and 2022 to 264,000 hectares (652,000 acres) in Brazil, overwhelmingly near Amazon rivers, surpassing industrial mining, according to MapBiomas data released this month. Andre Cabette Fabio, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggested that 950 million hectares of new forests could help limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5-degrees Celsius. TIME, 22 Apr. 2024 Thousands of hectares of its rainforests have been cleared to produce palm oil or dig for minerals. Sui-Lee Wee Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

French, from hect- + are are entry 2

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hectare was in 1810

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“Hectare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hectare. Accessed 28 May. 2024.

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hectare

noun
hect·​are ˈhek-ˌta(ə)r How to pronounce hectare (audio) -ˌte(ə)r How to pronounce hectare (audio)
-ˌtär
: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see metric system

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