pa·ra /ˈpɑrə/
  南輔幣
  Pa·ra n.  A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.
  Pa·rá n.
  1. The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm.
  2.  Short for Pará rubber.
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  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]