Para

Para may refer to:

• Para Loga, one among the seven Logas (seven upper worlds) in Ayyavazhi mythology
• Para-quaternions, expression from algebra in mathematics
• Paramedic is a first response ambulance crew member
• 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
• Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Purulia district, West Bengal, India
• Para (community development block) in Purulia district, West Bengal, India
• Juz', a division of the Quran

Sports

• André Cordeiro (water polo) (born 1967), Brazilian water polo player who is nicknamed Pará
• Para Draine (born 1972), American female boxer
• Paralympic Games are the international games for disabled athletes
• PARA Pan American Championship, the major international rugby tournament held in the Americas, organized by the Pan American Rugby Association

Biology

• Para Dog-faced Bat, a bat species from South and Central America
• Para rubber tree, often simply called rubber tree
• Para Spiny Rat, a species from South America
• Para (Ptisana salicina), a fern found in New Zealand and Norfolk Island

Companies and organizations

• Para-Ordnance, a firearms manufacturer located in Toronto, Ontario
• Philippine Amateur Radio Association, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in the Philippines
• Peoples Action for Rural Awakening, is a social action initiative of Don Bosco Mission in India. PARA is located in Ravulapalem in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in South India
• Parachute Regiment (disambiguation)
• Para-statals, state-owned corporations that play a major role in the government and economy of many countries around the world
• Para Rubber, a New Zealand-based brand of rubber foam products, originally part of the Skellerup Group

Entertainment

• Para-balloon, a tool for games or a series of games around this tools
• Para Handy, the anglicized Gaelic nickname of the fictional character Peter Macfarlane, a character created by the journalist and writer Neil Munro
  • The Tales of Para Handy, a Scottish television series
• Para Para, a popular Japanese solo dance
  • Para Para Paradise, a 2000 video series, showing various dancers doing Para Para
• Para Toda Vida (2001), a 2002 album by The New Amsterdams
• Paramore an American rock band

Places

• Grão-Pará, was one of the two Portuguese vice-kingdoms in South America
• Pará, one of the states of Brazil
• Para District, a district in the north of Suriname (country in South America)
• Pará River (Portuguese: Rio Pará), the southern arm of the mouth of the Amazon River
• North Para River, through the Barossa Valley in South Australia
• South Para River, South Australia
  • South Para Reservoir, the second largest reservoir in South Australia
• Electoral district of Little Para, an electorate for the South Australian Legislative Assembly
• Little Para River, through Salisbury in South Australia
  • Little Para Reservoir, a reservoir in South Australia serving the city of Adelaide. It was built between 1974 and 1977, costing AU$11.5 million, and commissioned in January 1979
• La Para, a summit in the Swiss Alps

Currency

• Para (currency), various currency units
  • Para was a subunit of Ottoman currency
  • Para was ⅟4000 of the Turkish lira
  • Para was ⅟40 of the Romanian leu
  • Para is ⅟100 of the Yugoslav dinar and Serbian dinar
  • Para was ⅟100 of the Montenegrin perper

Chemistry

• Para isomer in chemistry, a type of arene substitution pattern
• Para Red, a chemical dye