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para

27 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) para (noun)
  2. 2) para (abbreviation)
  3. Pará (geographical name)
  4. Belém (geographical name)
  5. para- (prefix)
  6. para- (combining form)
  7. -para (noun combining form)
  8. para-aminobenzoic acid (noun)
  9. para-aminophenol (noun)
  10. para-aminosalicylic acid (noun)
  11. para-analgesia (noun)
  12. Para Brown V (noun)
  13. para fuchsine (noun)
  14. Para grass (noun)
  15. para-hydrogen (noun)
  16. para magenta (noun)
  17. para-nitroaniline (noun)
  18. Para nut (noun)
  19. para-quinone (noun)
  20. para red (noun)
  21. Para rubber (noun)
  22. Para rubber tree (noun)
  23. para-xylene (noun)
  24. si vis pacem, para bellum (foreign term)
  25. Pará piassava (noun)
  26. Pará rhatany (noun)
  27. Pará sarsaparilla (noun)

1pa·ra

noun \ˈpär-ə\
plural paras or para

Definition of PARA

1
a : any of several monetary units of the Turkish Empire b : a coin representing one para
2
[Serbian & Croatian, from Turkish] — see dinar at money table

Origin of PARA

Turkish, from Persian pāra, literally, piece, scrap
First Known Use: 1687

Rhymes with PARA

vara

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