hectare

American  

[hek-tair] / ˈhɛk tɛər /

Or hektare

noun

1. a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, are, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. ha

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hectare British  

/ ˈhɛktɑː /

noun

1.  ha.  one hundred ares. 1 hectare is equivalent to 10 000 square metres or 2.471 acres

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Etymology

Origin of hectare

From French, dating back to 1800–10; hect-, are ²

Example Sentences

But floods have now swamped more than 100,000 hectares of land, wiping out key crops and forcing farmers in the country's northwest to flee with their livestock.

From Barron's

It said around 50,000 hectares had already been uprooted, and another 30,000 would be covered under the new programme.

From Barron's

At a proposed military monument site along the city's express highway, WWF recorded more than six hectares of land clearing last year, with work continuing in 2026.

From Barron's

In the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, where corn has long been the most common crop, the government offered soybean producers subsidies of roughly $739 per hectare—nearly 17 times the amount offered for corn.

From The Wall Street Journal

The companies affected include 22 forestry firms covering a combined area of more than one million hectares, Prasetyo said.

From Barron's