hectares

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Noun hectare has 1 sense

hectare - (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
--₁ is a kind of area unit, square measure
--₁ has parts: are, ar

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A hectare is a unit of area commonly used in the metric system, equal to 10,000 square meters or 2.471 acres. It is primarily used in measuring large areas of land.

Sample sentences:

1. The farm spreads across several hectares of fertile land.

2. The national park covers an area of approximately 500 hectares.

3. He plans to develop a housing project on the vacant hectares near the city.