'Para' definitions:
Definition of 'para'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: parity, para]
noun
100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
noun
A soldier in the paratroops [syn: paratrooper, para]
noun
An estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows [syn: Para, Para River]
noun
Port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin [syn: Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem]
Definition of 'Para'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]