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decare

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A unit of surface area equal to 10 ares (that is, 1,000 square metres, 0.10 hectares, or approximately 0.25 acres)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From dec- + are.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: де́кар (dékar) — unit of surface area
  • Danish: dekar — unit of surface area
  • Northern Kurdish: dekar — unit of surface area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dekar — unit of surface area
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dekar — unit of surface area
  • Turkish: dekar — unit of surface area
  • Turkish: dönüm — unit of surface area