heactair

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

heactair

Etymology[edit]

From French hectare.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

heactair m (plural heactairean)

  1. hectare
    • 2020 March 12, “Moladh air coilltean ùra nan Eilean Siar”, in BBC News‎[1], retrieved 15 March 2020:
      Tha Riaghaltas na h-Alba ag amas gun tèid 10,000 heactair de chraobhan a chur gach bliadhna, agus craobhan air leth èifeachdach a thaobh a bhith a' tarraing chàrbon dà-ocasaid às an adhair.
      The Scottish Government aims to plant 10,000 hectares of trees every year, trees particularly efficient in absorbing carbon dioxide from the air.

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “heactair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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