Para

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm.

(2): ( n.) Short for Para rubber.

(3): ( n.) A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A Brazilian port at the mouth of the Guama, on the E. shore of the Pará estuary, is a compact, regularly-built, thriving town, with whitewashed buildings, blue and white tiled roofs, tree-shaded streets, tram-cars, telephones, theatre, and cathedral; it is the emporium of the Amazon trade, exporting india-rubber and cacao, and sending foreign goods into the interior; though hot, it is healthy.