100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
"During my trip to Yugoslavia, I exchanged my currency at a rate where one hundred para equaled a single dinar."
a soldier in the paratroops
"The para landed safely behind enemy lines during the surprise dawn raid."
an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
"The expedition set out to explore the remote banks of the Para, where the mighty Tocantins River empties into the Atlantic."
port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
"The cargo ship docked at Para to unload tons of timber destined for markets across the globe."
A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
"The editor cut a large portion from the middle of my article, leaving just an awkward para where the main argument used to be."
A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
Clipping of paragraph.
"The para walked through the muddy field after the heavy rain."
Usage: Para is an informal abbreviation for paragraph used in casual writing and speech to refer to a single block of text. Do not use it in formal documents or academic papers, where the full word "paragraph" should be written out.
very drunk
"After three rounds of tequila, he was so para that he tried to high-five a lamp post and missed completely."
In plain English: Para means something that is made of or shaped like a specific material or object.
"The para-military group was trained to protect the border."
The word para entered English via Serbo-Croatian and Ottoman Turkish. It originally referred to a small piece of cloth or scrap before coming to mean the low-denomination coin it represents today.