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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Pará , state (1996 pop. 5,552,783), 474,896 sq mi (1,229,981 sq km), N Brazil, in the lower Amazon River basin bordering on the Guianas and the Atlantic Ocean. Belém is the capital. Mostly covered with rain forest, the hot, humid region is drained by the Amazon and its numerous tributaries. The state includes the island of Marajó as well as several other islands of the Amazon delta. The nearly constant rainfall has eroded soils to the point where conventional agriculture is almost impossible, but cattle are raised. Nuts, fruits, herbs, organic insecticides, and fibers are the principal agricultural products. Food products, pharmaceuticals, textiles, rubber goods, and aluminum are manufactured. Bauxite and gold are mined. Economic development and population growth was stimulated by the completion of three large highways and the Belém-Bragança railroad in the 1970s.

The Portuguese settled in the area in the first decades of the 17th cent. in order to keep out the English, French, and Dutch. In the 18th cent. there was moderate sugar, rum, and coffee production; most of the labor force was made up of enslaved Native Americans. The region suffered during the 19th-century struggle for independence. The rubber industry grew rapidly in the mid-19th cent. but declined in the early 1900s. The pepper, jute, and legume plantations along the coast were established during the early 20th cent. by Japanese immigrants. The rain forest was significantly reduced in the late 20th cent. by logging and ranching, but by 2006 more than 50% of Pará was protected in government parks or indigenous reservations. A proposal to divide the large state into three failed to win voter support in 2011. The abundance of rivers has made Pará a great haven for smugglers. The state government consists of an elected governor and bicameral legislature.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

par·a1 / ˈparə/ inf. • n. 1. a paratrooper. 2. a paragraph. par·a2 / ˈpärə/ • n. (pl. same or par·as ) a monetary unit of Bosnia–Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia, equal to one hundredth of a dinar.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Para. Skt., ‘supreme, highest’, found in conjunction with many Hindu words to express the superlative state—e.g. para-bhakti and see under VIṢṆU. Unless some special sense is created, the meaning will be carried within the basic word, and will not be listed separately here.
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Pará river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, N Brazil. It is actually the southeastern arm or estuary of the Amazon, divided from the rest of the river by Marajó island. It receives the waters of the Tocantins River. The port of Belém is on the right bank.

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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Pará, Brazil, Indonesia, Suriname 1. Brazil: a state through which the lower Amazon flows and whose Guaraní name simply means ‘River’. It is also the name of a river.2. The river in Suriname and island in Indonesia are spelt Para.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Pará city: see Belém .

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

para n. informal a paratrooper.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

para •jarrah, para, Tara •abracadabra, Aldabra •Alhambra • Vanbrugh •Cassandra, Sandra •Aphra, Biafra •Niagara, pellagra, Viagra •bhangra, Ingres •Capra • Cleopatra •mantra, tantra, yantra •Basra •Asmara, Bukhara, carbonara, Carrara, cascara, Connemara, Damara, Ferrara, Gemara, Guadalajara, Guevara, Honiara, Lara, marinara, mascara, Nara, Sahara, Samara, samsara, samskara, shikara, Tamara, tiara, Varah, Zara •candelabra, macabre, sabra •Alexandra • Agra • fiacre •Chartres, Montmartre, Sartre, Sinatra, Sumatra •Shastra • Maharashtra • Le Havre •gurdwara •Berra, error, Ferrer, sierra, terror •zebra • ephedra • Porto Alegre •belles-lettres, Petra, raison d'être, tetra •Electra, plectra, spectra •Clytemnestra • extra •chèvre, Sèvres •Ezra

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