Definitions for paras

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paras pa·ra

Spelling: [pah-rah, pahr-ah]

IPA: /pɑˈrɑ, ˈpɑr ɑ/

Paras is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in paras (aaprs).

Definitions for paras

noun

1. a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
2. formerly, an aluminum-bronze coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, the 100th part of a dinar. a coin and monetary unit of Macedonia and Serbia, the 100th part of a dinar.
3. para-dichlorobenzene.
4. a paraprofessional.
5. a paratrooper.
6. Also called parity. a woman's status regarding the bearing of viable offspring: usually followed by a Roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has given birth.
7. the woman herself.
8. an estuary in N Brazil: an arm of the Amazon. 200 miles (320 km) long; 40 miles (65 km) wide.
9. Belém.
10. Pará rubber.

adjective

1. pertaining to or occupying two positions (1, 4) in the benzene ring that are separated by two carbon atoms. Compare ortho, meta2 .

Origin of paras

1680-90; Turkish Persian pāra literally, piece

Examples for paras

The dearest events are summer-rain, and we the para coats that shed every drop.

But we also wish you to carry our friend para Bruin with us.

Eight days later her men were rescued by the "City of para."

The Republicans have called their in-house campaign tech start-up para Bellum Labs.

A minute Turkish coin in accounts, of which three go to a para.

And your 2005 Sundance short, Victoria para chino, was a pretty big hit.

The parayan gets a para of paddy, and his assistants three annas each.

But how can we escape from the island, once we have reached para Bruin's cave?

Our passage from para was good until the brig reached the latitude of Bermuda.

In the neighbourhood of para alone seven hundred species have been found.