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Para

Para \Pa*ra"\, n. [Turk., fr. Per. p[=a]rah a piece.] A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

Wiktionary
para

Etymology 1 n. Formerly, a subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions. Etymology 2

n. (context medicine English) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancy, indicated by the number prepended to this word. Etymology 3

n. A paragraph. Etymology 4

n. A paratrooper. Etymology 5

a. (context UK Australia slang English) very drunk

WordNet
para
  1. n. (obstetrics) the number of live-born 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" [syn: parity]

  2. 100 para equal 1 dinar

  3. a soldier in the paratroops [syn: paratrooper]

  4. an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows [syn: Para River]

  5. port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin [syn: Belem, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem]

Wikipedia
Pará

Pará is a state in northern Brazil traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of (clockwise from north) Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, located at the mouth of the Amazon at the Atlantic Ocean and the 11th most populous city in the country.

Pará is the most populous state of the northern region, with a population of over 7.5 million, being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil. It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area, with 1,2 million km², second only to Amazonas upriver. Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon Rainforest. Pará produces rubber (extracted from natural rubber tree groves), tropical hardwoods such as mahogany, and minerals such as iron ore and bauxite. A new commodity crop is soy, cultivated in the region of Santarém.

Every October, Belém receives tens of thousands of tourists for the year's most important religious celebration, the procession of the Círio de Nazaré. Another important attraction of the capital is the Marajó-style ceramics, based on pottery from the extinct Marajó indigenous culture, which was located on an island in the Amazon River. These designs have gained considerable international fame and increased international awareness.

Para (currency)

The para ( Cyrillic: пара, from Turkish para, from Persian pārah, "piece" ) was a former currency of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Montenegro, Albania and Yugoslavia and is the current subunit, although rarely used, of the Serbian dinar.

As a former Ottoman and Turkish currency, it was 1/40 of a kuruş, which was, in turn, 1/100 of a Turkish lira. It was also earlier 3 akçe The modern Turkish lira is only divided into kuruş. In Serbia, the para has been the subunit of the dinar since the 19th century. The Montenegrin perper was subdivided into 100 pare during its brief existence between 1906 and 1918. In Albania, the para was used as a currency before the introduction of the Albanian lek in 1926.

In Albanian, Greek, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian and Turkish, para or its plural παράδες, pari, pare, parale, parai, paraja or paralar is a generic term for " money".

Para

Para may refer to:

Para (community development block)

Para (community development block) is an administrative division in Raghunathpur subdivision of Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Para and Santaldih police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Para. Santaldih and Chapari are urban area in this block.

Pará (footballer, born 1986)

Marcos Rogério Ricci Lopes (born 14 February 1986), commonly known as Pará, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Flamengo, on loan from Grêmio.

Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Pará (footballer, born 1995)

Anderson Ferreira da Silva, commonly known as Pará (born 23 August 1995), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Figueirense, on loan from Cruzeiro as a left back.

Para (Special Forces)

Para (Special Forces) is a special forces unit of the Indian Army's Parachute Regiment and is tasked with missions such as special operations, direct action, hostage rescue, counter-terrorism, unconventional warfare, special reconnaissance, foreign internal defense, counter-proliferation, counter-insurgency, seek and destroy and personnel recovery. The unit's heritage stems from World War II, with the creation 50th Parachute Brigade in October 1941.

Usage examples of "para".

Asaverus, envergonhado, repetiu a palavra, agora mais alto, para advertir o contra-regra, mas ainda nada.

Ainda agora, depois de interromper esta linha para mirar-lhe o retrato que pende da parede, acho que trazia no rosto impressa aquela qualidade.

Feliz por ter falado com meu amigo e por saber que o veria logo, fui para o pomar.

Dias piscando o olho esquerdo para mim, que, apesar do aviso, fiquei zangado.

Olha a Sunda tao larga, que huma banda Esconde para o sul difficultuoso.

Fomos a um produtor de mudas de café, escolher as que nos serviriam para o replantio.

Para mejor efectuar su negocio, a los 11 de Junio de 1606 estando en la baya, que beniamos de una isla que estaba cerca, bino a las ocho de la noche el viento Sul algo fresco, conque los amotinados pusieron por hobra su mal intento, y siendo de noche, y lejos de nosotros alsaron en popa, sin berlo ese hablador por estar en su camara de popa.

El Rei, para que possa mandar um exercito que, se desfiler pelo deserto e pelas montonhas e mesmo sobrepujar os bravos Kukuanes e suas artes diabolicas, pelo que se deviam trazer muitos padres Far o Rei mais rico depois de Salomao Com meus proprios olhos ve os di amantes sem conto guardados nas camaras do thesouro de Salomao a traz da morte branca, mas pela traicao de Gagoal a feiticeira achadora, nada poderia levar, e apenas a minha vida.

Despues que sale de comer y para descansar an poco, y mientras descansa salen fuera los que assisten en la casa del Padre, y los que trabajan dentro en algunas obras y tamvien el Sachristan y el cosinero: todos estos salen fuera y quando no se toca la campana estan serradas las puertas, y solo un viejo es el que cuida de las puertas, y quando vuelvan a tocar la campana, vuelve este a abrirlas para que vuelvan a entrar los que trabajan dentro, y el Padre Coge el Brebiario no a ir a parte ninguna.

El caudillo de la parroquia le da una carta para un tal Azevedo Bandeira, del Uruguay.

Ela fez que sim e olhou sorrindo para a mulher dele e, depois, para os filhos.

Partido dos Trabalhadores, procura se alinhar com o MST para tirar proveito dele, de sua verdade, de sua coragem e popularidade.

Liv me faz lembrar isso sempre e, para estarmos juntos, trocar carinhos, exercer livremente nosso delicioso incesto, temos de estar escondidos, como dois criminosos.

Eram dois rapazes de menos de vinte anos e uma garota de quinze para dezesseis anos.

Eliste climbed in, realised there was no attendant to close the door, bemusedly pulled it shut herself, and the fiacre rattled off down the Avenue Para beau.