Paraná

/ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑː//ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑ//pəˈɹɑː.nə/

proper noun

A river in central and southern South America.

OriginPortuguese and Spanish Paraná ← tpw-lgp paraná →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Parana

  1. A river in central and southern South America.
  2. A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Curitiba.
  3. The provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina.
  4. A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Origin

  1. tpw-lgpparaná“river”
  2. Portuguese and SpanishParaná
  3. EnglishParaná

From Portuguese and Spanish Paraná, both from Língua Geral Paulista paraná (“river”).

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Translations

Arabic بَارَانَا
  • بَارَانَا (bārānā)state in southern Brazil
Basque Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Bulgarian Парана́
  • Парана́state in southern Brazil
Catalan Paranà
  • Paranàstate in southern Brazil
Chinese Mandarin 巴拉那河, 巴拉那
  • 巴拉那河 (Bālānàhé)river in South America
  • 巴拉那 (Bālānà)state in southern Brazil
Czech Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Dutch Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Estonian Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
French Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
German Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Greek Παρανά
  • Παρανάstate in southern Brazil
Hebrew פרנה
  • פרנה (parana)state in southern Brazil
Hindi पाराना
  • पाराना (pārānā)state in southern Brazil
Hungarian Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Italian Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Japanese パラナ
  • パラナstate in southern Brazil
Korean 파라나, 파라나
  • 파라나 (parana)state in southern Brazil
  • 파라나 (parana)city in Argentina
Latvian Parana
  • Paranastate in southern Brazil
Lithuanian Parana
  • Paranastate in southern Brazil
Persian پارانا
  • پارانا (pârânâ)state in southern Brazil
Polish Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Portuguese Paraná, Paraná
  • Paranáriver in South America
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Romanian Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Russian Парана́
  • Парана́state in southern Brazil
Slovak Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Spanish Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Thai ปารานา
  • ปารานา (bpaa-raa-naa)state in southern Brazil
Turkish Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil
Ukrainian Парана́
  • Парана́state in southern Brazil
Urdu پارانا
  • پارانا (pārānā)state in southern Brazil
Vietnamese Paraná
  • Paranástate in southern Brazil

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Paraná

lapamanaardaspahayaraahtabrazakaallahpapachafraabashahskamoinah
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Cite this entry
APA

Paraná. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paran%C3%A1

MLA

“Paraná.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paran%C3%A1. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Paraná,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paran%C3%A1.

Source: Paraná on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.