Etymology

Pará

Today it means: A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Belém. Full definition →

Portuguese Pará ← Old Tupi pará
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  1. Old Tupi · derived frompará“sea”
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromPará
  3. English todayPará

Borrowed from Portuguese Pará, from Old Tupi pará (“sea”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.