par'a

Par\'a

Pa*r['a]"\, n. 1. The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm.

2. Short for Par['a] rubber.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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