PARA

Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem

(noun) port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin

Para, Para River

(noun) an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows

paratrooper, para

(noun) a soldier in the paratroops

para

(noun) 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia

parity, para

(noun) (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; “the parity of the mother must be considered”; “a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

para (plural paras)

(historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

Etymology 2

Noun

para (plural paras)

(medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

Etymology 3

Noun

para (plural paras)

Clipping of paragraph.

Etymology 4

Noun

para (plural paras)

A paratrooper.

Etymology 5

Adjective

para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

(UK, Australia, slang) very drunk

Synonyms

• See drunk

Etymology 6

Noun

para

(US, education, informal) Short for paraprofessional educator.

Anagrams

• AARP, ARPA, Paar, Rapa, apar

Source: Wiktionary

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Par"a-. Etym: [Gr. for- in forgive. Cf. For-.]

1. A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also used adjectively.

Pa*ra", n. Etym: [Turk., fr. Per. parah a piece.]

Definition: A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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