para Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
    parity.
    • the parity of the mother must be considered
    • a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children
  2. noun 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
  3. noun a soldier in the paratroops
    paratrooper.
  4. noun an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
    Para River.
  5. noun port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
    Santa Maria de Belem; Feliz Lusitania; Belem; St. Mary of Bethlehem.

WordNet

Pa*ra" noun
Etymology
Turk., fr. Per. parah a piece.
Definitions
  1. A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

Webster 1913