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paras

paras is the plural of para.

Meaning of para

Noun (1)

para (plural paras)

  1. (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
    • She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.1854, Bayard Taylor, A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt...

Noun (2)

para (plural paras)

  1. 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.

Noun (3)

para

  1. (New Zealand) Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).
    Synonyms:
    king fern

Noun (4)

para (plural paras)

  1. (South-Asia) Synonym of juz.
    Synonyms:
    juz

See all 7 meanings of para

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Paras

Paras (plural Parases)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Paras

the Paras

  1. (abbreviation, clipping, colloquial) Clipping of Paralympics.

Forms of paras

pluralParases

Origin of paras

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Kapampangan Paras; this surname is predominantly found in Central Luzon region. * Borrowed from Spanish Paras, probably a habitational surname.

Questions about paras

What does paras mean?
Paras means a surname.
What is paras the plural of?
Paras is the plural of para.
What part of speech is paras?
Paras is a proper noun.

Words near paras in the dictionary

  1. pararsenolamprite
  2. pararthra
  3. pararthria
  4. pararthrum
  5. pararubral
  6. paras
  7. paras.
  8. parasacral
  9. parasafranine
  10. parasaggital
  11. parasagitally

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paras (page history and authors); Paras (page history and authors); para (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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