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Meaning of para

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  para
      n 1: (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"
           [syn: {parity}, {para}]
      2: 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
      3: a soldier in the paratroops [syn: {paratrooper}, {para}]
      4: an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River
         flows [syn: {Para}, {Para River}]
      5: port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port
         and commercial center for the Amazon River basin [syn:
         {Belem}, {Para}, {Feliz Lusitania}, {Santa Maria de Belem},
         {St. Mary of Bethlehem}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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