para meaning and definition

PARA noun

Definition of para (noun)

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