Hectare

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  • noun. A metric unit of area equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In the metric system, a superficial measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters, or 2.4711 acres.
    • 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.
    • 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.
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  • noun. (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
    • Word Usage
    "By the way I understand, probably incorrectly, that the use of hectarea instead of hectare is a Mexican idiosyncracy."
    cross-reference
    acre  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    area unit  square measure  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acre  jugerum  
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