: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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Some 350,000 people had to be evacuated; about 500 hectares of forest turned red and died; roughly 15 million hectares of land were contaminated.
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 26 Apr. 2026
There are also two hectares of lush tropical gardens waiting to be explored, tempting culinary offerings, many swimming pools and a luxurious spa, with treatments incorporating Natura Bissé products.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Kunyu City, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwest China, hosts huge sprinklers that are irrigating over 1,317 acres (533 hectares) of winter wheat fields on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The military site at Kapciamiestis covering some 14,600 hectares will allow battalion and brigade-size drills on the ground at a critical land link used by the alliance to send reinforcements to its eastern flank.
—Milda Seputyte, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 2026
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 26 Apr. 2026
There are also two hectares of lush tropical gardens waiting to be explored, tempting culinary offerings, many swimming pools and a luxurious spa, with treatments incorporating Natura Bissé products.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Kunyu City, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwest China, hosts huge sprinklers that are irrigating over 1,317 acres (533 hectares) of winter wheat fields on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The military site at Kapciamiestis covering some 14,600 hectares will allow battalion and brigade-size drills on the ground at a critical land link used by the alliance to send reinforcements to its eastern flank.
—Milda Seputyte, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hectare
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“Hectare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hectare. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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hectare
noun
hect·are
ˈhek-ˌta(ə)r 
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌtär
: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see metric system
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