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  2. Para USA - Wikipedia

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    Parent. Remington Outdoor Company. Custom P14-45. Para Ordnance 10-45. Para USA (Para) was an American -owned firearms manufacturer. It was the successor to Para-Ordnance, founded in Canada in 1985. It specialized in making M1911 -style semi-automatic pistols and components. The company was acquired by Remington Outdoor Company in 2012.

  3. Para (Special Forces) - Wikipedia

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    Para (Special Forces) Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), [5] commonly referred to as Para (SF), is a group of special forces battalions of the Parachute Regiment in the Indian Army. These units specialize in various roles including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, unconventional warfare, special reconnaissance, counter-insurgency and direct ...

  4. Para-Ordnance P14-45 - Wikipedia

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    14-round detachable box magazine. The Para-Ordnance P14-45 (14.45) is an improved derivative of the successful United States Armed Forces ' M1911 pistol. Created by Para-Ordnance (later Para USA) in the 1980s, it was the first ever M1911 derivative to feature a high-capacity double-stack magazine. In the late 1980s, Toronto -based Para-Ordnance ...

  5. Pará - Wikipedia

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    Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River.It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima.

  6. Ibid. - Wikipedia

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    Ibid. is an abbreviation for the Latin word ibīdem, meaning "in the same place", commonly used in an endnote, footnote, bibliography citation, or scholarly reference to refer to the source cited in the preceding note or list item. This is similar to Idem, literally meaning "the same", abbreviated id., which is commonly used in legal citation. [1]

  7. Para (currency) - Wikipedia

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    The para ( Ottoman Turkish: پاره, romanized : pare, para, from Persian پاره, pâre, 'piece'; [1] [2] Cyrillic: пара) was a former currency of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Egypt, Montenegro, Albania and Yugoslavia and is the current subunit, although rarely used, of the Serbian dinar . In 1524, the Ottoman law code of Egypt ...

  8. Para-athletics - Wikipedia

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    Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a parasport. The athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair racing and the club throw, which are specific to the division. The sport is known by various names ...

  9. Pará-class destroyer (1908) - Wikipedia

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    4 × 47 mm (3pdr) guns , mounting P Mark I, 2 × single torpedo tubes for 18 in (460 mm) torpedoes. The Pará-class destroyers were a class of ten destroyers built for the Brazilian Navy between 1908 and 1910 by Yarrow in the Scotstoun district of Glasgow, Scotland. All were named after states of Brazil. The class closely resembled the British ...