Pará

Borrowed from Portuguese Pará, from Old Tupi pará (“sea”).

Pará

1. A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Belém.
   • 2019 November 18, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The increasingly confrontational tactics of rightwing ruralistas (farming, timber and mining interests) were evident at a civil society gathering in Altamira, in Pará state, on Monday morning.

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• paar, Raap, ARPA, apar, ARAP, Rapa, AARP, Paar, APAR

Borrowed from Old Tupi pará (“sea”).

• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: parar (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: Pa‧rá

• Audio (Brazil):

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Pará m

1. Pará (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Belém)

   Synonym: PA (abbreviation)

• paraense (demonym)