para
A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav…A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
» Elizabeth Mwesigwa is Uganda’s para-badminton champion and the second highest-ranking player in Africa.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
(New Zealand)Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).
(South Asia)Synonym of juz.
Examples
1 sentencesElizabeth Mwesigwa is Uganda’s para-badminton champion and the second highest-ranking player in Africa.
Origin
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from PerBorrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).
Clipping of words such as primipara and multipara.
Borrowed from Urdu پاره (pāra), from Persian پاره (pâre).
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Forms
plural: parasSynonyms
9 synonyms- an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows:Para River
- port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin:BelemFeliz LusitaniaSanta Maria de BelemSt. Mary of Bethlehem
- a soldier in the paratroops:paratrooper
- (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered:parity