Hectare [HEK-tair]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, 19th century
1. A metric unit of square measure, equal to 100 ares (which equals 2.471 acres or 10,000 square meters).
Examples of hectare in a sentence
"A hectare is equivalent to two U.S. football fields aligned vertically."
"Along with the house, Megan inherited an operating 3-hectare beet farm."
