Paraná

[ par-uh-nah; Portuguese pah-rah-nah ]

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noun

a river in central South America, flowing from S Brazil along the SE boundary of Paraguay and through E Argentina into the Río de la Plata. 2,050 miles (3,300 km) long.
a city in E Argentina, on the Paraná River: the capital of Argentina 1852–61.

Paraná

parəˈna a state of S Brazil, on the Atlantic: consists of a coastal plain and a large rolling plateau with extensive forests. Capital: Curitiba. Pop: 9 798 006 (2002). Area: 199 555 sq km (77 048 sq miles)
paraˈna a city in E Argentina, on the Paraná River opposite Santa Fe: capital of Argentina (1853–1862). Pop: 305 000 (2005 est)
parəˈnaparaˈna a river in central South America, formed in S Brazil by the confluence of the Rio Grande and the Paranaíba River and flowing generally south to the Atlantic through the Río de la Plata estuary. Length: 2900 km (1800 miles)

No toleration of pseudo-paganism, as had been done on the waters of the Orinoco, the Parana and the Paraguay.

It can handle 50 tons from the Parana and 500 tons from the railway per hour.

This is the name applied to the group of islands forming the Delta of the Parana.

Rosario exists by reason of its port, which commands the Parana.

The smaller river craft often take a parana instead of the main stream, to avoid the rush of the current.

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