Para, or PARA, may refer to:

Businesses, professions, and organizations Paramount Global, traded as PARA on the Nasdaq stock exchange Para Group, the former name of CT Corp, an Indonesian conglomerate Para Rubber, now Skellerup, a New Zealand manufacturer Para USA, formerly Para-Ordnance, a firearms manufacturer Pan American Rugby Association Philippine Amateur Radio Association Paraprofessional, general term encompassing paralegals, paramedics etc. Paralegal Paramilitary, organisations not part of the armed forces but operate as such Paramedic Parapsychology, the study of alleged psychic phenomena

People Pará (footballer, born 1986), Marcos Rogério Ricci Lopes Pará (footballer, born 1987), Erinaldo Rabelo Santos Pará (footballer, born 1995), Anderson Ferreira da Silva Pará (footballer, born 2002), Luis Felipe Rabelo Costa André Cordeiro (water polo) (born 1967), nicknamed Pará, Brazilian water polo player Para Draine (born 1972), American female boxer Begum Para (1926–2008), Indian film actress

Places India Para (community development block), Purulia district, West Bengal, India Para, Purulia Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Para, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, India Para, Rajasthan, India Para, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India Para, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India

Others Para (Bengali), a Bengali word meaning neighborhood or locality Pará, a state of Brazil Para, Ivory Coast Para District, Suriname Para River (disambiguation) La Para, a summit in the Swiss Alps

Science and technology Parity (biology), the number of times a woman has given birth, e.g. para 1 etc. Para, common name of fern Ptisana salicina para, symbol for the fruit fly gene paralytic (gene) Para- (chemistry), a position of a substituent on a cyclic hydrocarbon Para red, a dye

Special forces Para Commando Brigade (Bangladesh), special forces of the Bangladeshi Army Para (Special Forces), special forces of the Indian Army Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom), elite infantry of the British Army, known as The Paras Paratrooper, a military parachutist Para Commandos, a paratrooper and commando

Other uses Para (currency), a former currency of the Ottoman Empire Para language, an unclassified Naga language of India and Burma Para Handy, a fictional character in the Glasgow Evening News Para Shakti, a Hindu goddess of the Shakti type sometimes concatenated Parashakti Brazilian ship Pará, a list of ships Juz', or para, a division of the Quran

See also

Paras (disambiguation) Param (disambiguation) List of commonly used taxonomic affixes Para Para, a popular Japanese solo dance Paara (film), a 1985 Indian film "Paaraa", a song from the 2024 Indian film Indian 2 Parachute Regiment (disambiguation) Paralympic Games, international games for athletes with a disability