Pa'ra, a coin of copper, silver, or mixed metal, though most generally of copper, in use in Turkey and Egypt; it is the 40th part of a Piastre (q.v.), and varies much in value, owing to the debased condition of the Turkish coinage.
Pa'ra
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 746
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