para (n.)

  1. (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 ]

  2. 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia

  3. a soldier in the paratroops

    [ Syn: paratrooper ]

  4. an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows

    [ Syn: para , para river ]

  5. 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 ]

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