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1. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
   "the para of the mother must be considered"
   - parity
    
2. 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
    
3. A soldier in the paratroops
   - paratrooper

1. An estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
   - Para River
    
2. Port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial centre for the Amazon River basin
   - Belém, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belém, St. Mary of Bethlehem

Derived forms: paras

See also: parous

Type of: city, estuary, gestation, maternity, metropolis, pongo [Brit], port, pregnancy, soldier, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn], Yugoslavian monetary unit

Part of: Brasil, Brazil, dinar, Federative Republic of Brazil, paratroops, Yugoslavian dinar

Encyclopedia: Para Para, Purulia Para, Suriname