para

pa·ra  (pä-rä, pärä)

n. pl. para

See Table at currency.

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[Serbo-Croatian, from Turkish, from Persian parh, piece, para.]

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para¹

n pl -ras, -ra

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a monetary unit of Serbia worth one hundredth of a dinar; formerly a monetary unit of Yugoslavia

[Serbo-Croat, via Turkish from Persian pārah piece, portion]

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para²

n Informal

1. (Military)

a.  a soldier in an airborne unit

b.  an airborne unit

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a paragraph

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	para - (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" parity midwifery, obstetrics, tocology, OB - the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother maternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
	2.	para - 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia Yugoslavian monetary unit - monetary unit in Yugoslavia Yugoslavian dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia
	3.	para - a soldier in the paratroops           paratrooper paratroops - infantry trained and equipped to parachute soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
	4.	Para - an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows Para River Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil - the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
	5.	Para - port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin Belem, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil - the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter

Translations

para ABBR =paragraph → párr.

para [ˈpærə] n (British) (= soldier) → para m
the paras → les paras

para [ˈpærə] n (fam) → parà m inv