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para.

A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɑːɹə/UK/ˈpɑːɹə/US
  1. A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

noun/ˈpæɹə//ˈpɑːɹə/
  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.

Where this word comes from

Clipping of words such as primipara and multipara.

adj/ˈpæɹə/
  1. Very drunk.

    Australia · UK · slang
Where this word comes from

Clipping of paralytic.

noun
  1. Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).

    New-Zealand
noun
  1. Synonym of juz.

    South-Asia
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Urdu پاره (pāra), from Persian پاره (pâre).

noun/ˈpæɹə/
  1. Clipping of paragraph.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
  2. Clipping of paraphilia.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
  3. Clipping of paraplegic.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
  4. Clipping of paraprofessional educator.

    US · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · informal
  5. Clipping of paratrooper.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
Where this word comes from

Clippings.

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