different between bigha vs hectare

English

Alternative forms

• beegah
• beegha
• bega
• begah
• bigah

Noun

bigha (plural bighas)

1. (India) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre. [from 18th c.]
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 208:

     Colonel Watson had, within a brick wall, at least four hundred begahs of land, which the East India Company had executed a grant of to him to construct docks […] .

Anagrams

• bigah, higab

English

Alternative forms

• hektare (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ?????? (hekatón, “hundred”) + are.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?k.t??/, /?h?k.t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?k.t??/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?hekta?/

Noun

hectare (plural hectares)

1. A unit of surface area (symbol ha) 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.

Synonyms

• (SI unit): (rare) square hectometre

Translations

See also

• acre
• Not to be confused with hector.

References

Anagrams

• cheater, rechate, recheat, reteach, teacher

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French hectare. Equivalent to hecto- +? are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?ta?.r?/
• Hyphenation: hec?ta?re
• Rhymes: -a?r?

Noun

hectare f (plural hectaren or hectares, diminutive hectaretje n)

1. hectare

Synonyms

• ha

Synonyms

• (dialectal) bunder (symbol b)

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: hektare

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.ta?/

Noun

hectare m (plural hectares)

1. hectare

Verb

hectare

1. first-person singular present indicative of hectarer
2. third-person singular present indicative of hectarer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of hectarer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of hectarer
5. second-person singular imperative of hectarer

Further reading

• “hectare” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

hectare m (plural hectares)

1. hectare (unit of surface area)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hek?tare]

Noun

hectare n

1. indefinite plural of hectar