hectare
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hectare
From French, dating back to 1800–10; see origin at hect-, are 2
Vocabulary lists containing hectare
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It is estimated that a single hectare can harbour as many as 100 million invertebrates.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
More than 95 percent of its 30,000 members own less than a hectare of land.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
The structures already uncovered at the three hectare site were built in waves between roughly 3,500BC and 2,400BC.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
Forest nations are paid around $4 per hectare,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Cereal crops have the virtues of being fast growing, high in carbohydrates, and yielding up to a ton of edible food per hectare cultivated.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
In Ávila, where more than 50,000 hectares have burned down since the start of the wildfires, the government's representative said the fire had a "quite favourable" evolution overnight.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
About 98,000 hectares have been burnt across the country since the start of the year.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
About 42,000 hectares has burnt in the south-west, in one of the largest forest fires since World War Two.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Three men were arrested on Saturday in Gironde -- where a wildfire has already scorched 32,000 hectares -- on suspicion of endangering lives, prosecutors said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The buildings of the Hounslow Feely Studio covered seven and a half hectares.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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