para : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: para	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
para n (obstetrics) the number of liveborn 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" Synonym(s): parity, para 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia a soldier in the paratroops Synonym(s): paratrooper, para an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows Synonym(s): Para, Para River port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin Synonym(s): Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Para- \Par"a-\ [Gr. [?] beside; prob. akin to E. for- in forgive. Cf. {For-}.] 1. A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism. 2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. {Ortho-}, and {Meta-}. Also used adjectively.