Pará

Para may refer to:

• Para (currency), various currency units
• Para (Bengali), a Bengali word meaning neighborhood or locality
• Para, the Hebrew word for cow
• Para, Spanish preposition, which means for
• Para Loga, one among the seven Logas (seven upper worlds) in Ayyavazhi mythology
• Para-quaternions, expression from algebra in mathematics
• Military parachutist or paratrooper
  • Para, a member of the Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
• Para, an arene substitution pattern in which two substituents occupy positions on an aromatic ring separated by two unsubstituted carbon atoms
• Parapraxis or Freudian slip (Fehlleistung), is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that is believed to be caused by the unconscious mind
• Juz', a division of the Quran
• Para language
• Paraprofessional
  • Paralegal
  • Paramedic is a first response ambulance crew member

Pará is a state in northern Brazil traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of (clockwise from north) Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, located at the mouth of the Amazon at the Atlantic Ocean and the 11th most populous city in the country.