Para

para¹

a monetary unit of Serbia worth one hundredth of a dinar; formerly a monetary unit of Yugoslavia

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para²

a New Zealand fern, Marattia salicina, with long heavy fronds

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Para 

a river in Riazan’ Oblast, RSFSR, with the upper course on the border of Tambov Oblast. A right tributary of the Oka, it is 192 km long and drains an area of 3,590 sq km. It flows north across the Oka-Don Plain. Fed mainly by snow, the Para freezes in November, and the ice breaks up in April. The river is used for floating timber.

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Para 

(1) A Turkish silver coin that began circulating in 1623 and initially contained 1.1 g of silver. In the late 17th century it became a primary monetary unit, equal to one-fourth of a piaster. By the mid-19th century the silver content had decreased to 0.09 g. Since 1930 the Para has been used only as an accounting unit, equal to 1/40 of a kurus.

(2) A 17th-century silver coin of the Crimean Khanate.

(3) A copper coin issued by Russia for Moldavia and Walachia in the years 1771–74. One Para equaled three dengi, and two paras equaled three kopeks.

(4) In Yugoslavia one Para is equal to 1/100 of a dinar, and there are 50-Pará coins in circulation.