hectare
Americannoun
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hectares
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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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BC Hydro estimates the island to be 9,800 square metres, or one hectare - roughly the size of one Canadian football field, or 1.5 American football fields.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Mining firms are now taxed 20 grams of gold per hectare per month, or the equivalent in cash, no matter their profits.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Benya, one hectare of forest contained 11 trees, each more than 65 meters tall.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Generally, a plague is defined as 800 mice per hectare, he says.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
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
TD Cowen’s Craig Hutchison notes that the district now encompasses about 60,000 hectares, of which San Pietro makes up about 27%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
France, Spain and Italy have been hit by heatwaves, which have triggered massive wildfires that scorched thousands of hectares of land.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The European Commission said on Monday 104 firefighters with 36 vehicles from France had come to assist Spanish authorities in Aragón, where nearly 16,000 hectares have burnt.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
From 80 hectares burned by Friday evening, it had expanded to 1,650 hectares by midday Saturday, according to Nicolas Yernaux, a spokesperson for the Walloon authorities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 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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