Para

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Para (currency), various currency units
Para (Bengali), a Bengali word meaning neighborhood or locality
Para Loga, one among the seven Logas (seven upper worlds) in Ayyavazhi mythology
Para-quaternions, expression from algebra in mathematics
Military parachutist or paratrooper
- Para, a member of the Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
Para, an arene substitution pattern in which two substituents occupy positions on an aromatic ring separated by two unsubstituted carbon atoms
Parapraxis or Freudian slip (Fehlleistung), is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that is believed to be caused by the unconscious mind
Juz', a division of the Quran
Para language
Paraprofessional
- Paralegal
- Paramedic is a first response ambulance crew member

Marcos Rogério Ricci Lopes (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
Erinaldo Santos Rabelo (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
Anderson Ferreira da Silva (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
André Cordeiro (water polo) (born 1967), Brazilian water polo player who is nicknamed Pará
Para Draine (born 1972), American female boxer
Paralympic Games are the international games for athletes with a disability
PARA Pan American Championship, the major international rugby tournament held in the Americas, organized by the Pan American Rugby Association

Para-Ordnance, a firearms manufacturer located in Toronto, Ontario
Philippine Amateur Radio Association, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in the Philippines
Peoples Action for Rural Awakening, is a social action initiative of Don Bosco Mission in India. PARA is located in Ravulapalem in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in South India
Parachute Regiment (disambiguation)
Para-statal companies, State-owned corporations that play a major role in the government and economy of many countries around the world
Para Rubber, a New Zealand-based brand of rubber foam products, originally part of the Skellerup Group

Para-balloon, a tool for games or a series of games around this tool
Para Handy, the anglicized Gaelic nickname of the fictional character Peter Macfarlane, a character created by the journalist and writer Neil Munro
Para Para, a popular Japanese solo dance
- Para Para Paradise, a 2000 video series, showing various dancers doing Para Para

Grão-Pará, was one of the two Portuguese vice-kingdoms in South America
Pará, one of the states of Brazil
Para District, a district in the north of Suriname (country in South America)
Pará River (Portuguese: Rio Pará), the southern arm of the mouth of the Amazon River
North Para River, through the Barossa Valley in South Australia
South Para River, South Australia
- South Para Reservoir, the second largest reservoir in South Australia
Electoral district of Little Para, an electorate for the South Australian Legislative Assembly
Little Para River, through Salisbury in South Australia
- Little Para Reservoir, a reservoir in South Australia serving the city of Adelaide. It was built between 1974 and 1977, costing A$11.5 million, and commissioned in January 1979
La Para, a summit in the Swiss Alps
Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Purulia district, West Bengal, India
Para (community development block) in Purulia district, West Bengal, India
Para, Ivory Coast, a village in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast
Para, Bangladesh, a village located in the Srimangal region of Bangladesh
Para, Rajasthan, a village in India