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pará
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pará has 5 senses
- para(n = noun.state) parity - (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" is a kind of gestation, maternity, pregnancy
- para(n = noun.quantity) Array - 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia; Array is a kind of yugoslavian monetary unit
- para(n = noun.person) paratrooper - a soldier in the paratroops; Array is a member of paratroops
- para(n = noun.object) para river - an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows; Array is a part of brasil, brazil, federative republic of brazil
- para(n = noun.location) belem, feliz lusitania, santa maria de belem, st. mary of bethlehem - port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin; Array is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center, port
Derived form adjective parous1
is a part of dinar, yugoslavian dinar
is a kind of soldier
is a kind of estuary
is a part of brasil, brazil, federative republic of brazil
CIDE DICTIONARY
pará, n. [Turk., fr. Per. pārah a piece.].
A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent. [1913 Webster]
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