hectare
A unit of surface area equal to 100 ares, used for measuring the areas of geographical…A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) 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.
» The rainforests are disappearing at the rate of tens of thousands of hectares a day.
Тропические леса исчезают со скоростью нескольких десятков тысяч гектаров в день.
Meaning
1 sensesA unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) 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.
Hektar
гекта́рgektár, гаga
гекта́рhektár, гаha
(abbreviated ‘ha’) a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
Examples
21 sentencesThe rainforests are disappearing at the rate of tens of thousands of hectares a day.
ruТропические леса исчезают со скоростью нескольких десятков тысяч гектаров в день.
We cultivate twenty hectares of land.
I have a hectare of land.
It requires a hectare of land.
deDas erfordert einen Hektar Land.
That requires a hectare of land.
deDas erfordert einen Hektar Land.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are,Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are, equivalent to hect- + are.
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