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hectare.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɛk.tɛə/UK/ˈhɛk.tɑː/UK/ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/US/ˈhektaː/Australia
  1. 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.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are, equivalent to hect- + are.

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