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1. Monetary unit used in some Balkan countries, one-hundredth of a dinar

1. [informal] One of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
   - paragraph
    
2. [informal] A soldier in the paratroops
   - paratrooper
    
3. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
   "the para of the mother must be considered";
   - parity

1. An estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
   - Para River

Derived forms: paras

Type of: estuary, gestation, maternity, piece of writing, pongo [Brit, informal], pregnancy, soldier, writing, written material, Yugoslavian monetary unit

Part of: Brasil, Brazil, dinar, Federative Republic of Brazil, paratroops, text, textual matter, Yugoslavian dinar

Encyclopedia: Para, Suriname