are

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

are
    n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
         {are}, {ar}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Are \Are\, n. [F., fr. L. area. See {Area}.] (Metric system)
   The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each
   side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about
   119.6 square yards.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Are \Are\ [AS. (Northumbrian) aron, akin to the 1st pers. pl.
   forms, Icel. erum, Goth. sijum, L. sumus, Gr. ?, Skr. smas;
   all from a root as. ? See {Am} and {Is}, and cf. {Be}.]
   The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be;
   but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art,
   are, and is, all come from the root as.
   [1913 Webster]

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ARE
       All Routes Explorer (ATM)

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

ARE. A French measure of surface. This is a square, the sides of which are
of the length of ten metres. The are is equal to 1076.441 square feet. Vide
Measure.

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