Paria

[ puh-ree-uh; Spanish pah-ree-ah ]

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noun

Gulf of, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between the island of Trinidad and the NE coast of Venezuela.

If a Hindoo happens to touch a Paria as he is passing, he thinks himself defiled, and is obliged to bathe immediately.

He reached the Gulf of Paria and built a fort, intending thence to push his exploration.

It was that season, however, when the rivers which empty themselves into the Gulf of Paria are swollen by rains.

In December 1498 the news arrived of the discovery of Paria.

His discovery consisted of 200 leagues of coast to the west of Paria.

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