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

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

2para

abbreviation

Definition of PARA

paragraph

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis

Pa·rá

geographical name \pə-ˈrä\

Definition of PARÁ

1
river 200 miles (322 kilometers) N Brazil, the E mouth of the Amazon
2
state N Brazil S of the Amazon ∗ Belém area 481,869 square miles (1,248,041 square kilometers), pop 6,192,307
3
— see belém

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