Paraná

American  

[par-uh-nah, pah-rah-nah] / ˌpær əˈnɑ, ˌpɑ rɑˈnɑ /

noun

1. a river in central South America, flowing from S Brazil along the SE boundary of Paraguay and through E Argentina into the Río de la Plata. 2,050 miles (3,300 km) long.

2. a city in E Argentina, on the Paraná River: the capital of Argentina 1852–61.

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Paraná British  

noun

1. a state of S Brazil, on the Atlantic: consists of a coastal plain and a large rolling plateau with extensive forests. Capital: Curitiba. Pop: 9 798 006 (2002). Area: 199 555 sq km (77 048 sq miles)

2. a city in E Argentina, on the Paraná River opposite Santa Fe: capital of Argentina (1853–1862). Pop: 305 000 (2005 est)

3. a river in central South America, formed in S Brazil by the confluence of the Rio Grande and the Paranaíba River and flowing generally south to the Atlantic through the Río de la Plata estuary. Length: 2900 km (1800 miles)

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Paraná

In Paraná state, authorities deployed boats and tractors to help voters reach the polls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

To investigate the connection, Centrón and her colleagues analyzed 68 bacterial strains collected in 2018 and 2020 from sediment in a protected nature reserve in the Paraná delta, a wetland region north of Buenos Aires.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Photographer Julio Szymanski of Cascavel, a city in Paraná state, says his best-selling urban landscape photos feature some of the 150 or so capybaras that live in a downtown park.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

This is centred on the giant Itaipu Dam on the Paraná River, which forms part of the border between Paraguay and Brazil.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

Professor Burmeister met with this Brazilian species near Paraná, where it lives on the ground among the bushes.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

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