Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Para \Pa*ra"\, n. [Turk., fr. Per. p[=a]rah a piece.]
   A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part
   of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

Source : WordNet®

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