myriare

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French myriare. See myria- and are (as in hectare).

Noun[edit]

myriare (plural myriares)

  1. A metric measure of surface equal to 10,000 ares, or one million square metres.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for myriare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French myriare. Equivalent to myria- +‎ are.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌmiː.riˈaː.rə/
  • Hyphenation: my‧ri‧a‧re

Noun[edit]

myriare f (plural myriares)

  1. (dated) A myriare (10,000 ares).