para

noun

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.”

2. 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.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of paragraph.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of paraphilia.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of paraplegic.

   “The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen.”

6. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal)Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of paratrooper.

   “Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation [title]”

8. (New-Zealand)Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).
9. (South-Asia)Synonym of juz.

adj

1. (Australia, UK, slang)Very drunk.

name

1. A locality in the Wentworth council area, south western New South Wales, Australia.
2. A district of Suriname.