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Definition of Paras
1. para [n] - See also: para
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paras
Literary usage of Paras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greece, in 1823 and 1824: Being a Series of Letters, and Other Documents on by Leicester Stanhope Harrington (1825)
"Salt, 6 paras, per okr. NB An okr is equal to 2a pounds French. A piastre is
equal to 5 pence; 4O paras make a piastre, and 10 piastres, 1 dollar. ..."
2. Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus by Claude Delaval Cobham (1908)
"Raki—weak white brandy : from 100000 to 200000 okes ; average price 85 to 20
paras the oke : great quantity is drank in the island, the rest is sold to ..."
3. Greece, in 1823 and 1824: Being a Series of Letters and Other Documents on by Leicester Stanhope Harrington (1824)
"A horse load of wood, 20 paras.—Mutton, per okr, from 30 to 40 paras. ...
A piastre is equal to 5 pence ; 40 paras make a piastre, and 10 piastres, ..."
4. Travels Over the Table Lands and Cordilleras of Mexico During the Years 1843 by Albert M. Gilliam (1846)
"The hacienda paras. Ascending the Plain. The Mexi - can* in the fields. Vein of
silver nn the mi-face. Abundance of silver ore. Laws of Mexico on Mining. ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain India Office (1908)
"... paras- gad, and Gokak. ^ Statistics are not available for 237} square miles
of this area. These figures are based upon the latest information. ..."
6. Some South Indian Villages by Gilbert Slater (1918)
"Total 24 and 6 o Product 88 paras, tenant's share being 44 paras. ... Here the
produce falls to about 72 paras, of which the sub-tenant may get 36 paras. ..."
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