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Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to:


Geology

* Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America


Places


In Argentina

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Paraná, Entre Ríos Paraná () is the capital city of the Argentine province Entre Ríos, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, opposite the city of Santa Fe, capital of the neighbouring Santa Fe Province. The city has a population of 268,889 inhabit ...
, a city * Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province


In Brazil

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Paraná (state) Paraná () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, in the Southern Region, Brazil, south of the country. It is bordered in the north by São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, in the east by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south by Santa Catarina state and t ...
, a state in the South of Brazil * Paraná, Rio Grande do Norte, a town * Paraná Province, one of the provinces of the Empire of Brazil * Paranã, a city in the state of Tocantins * Ji-Paraná, a city in the state of Rondônia


Rivers

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Paraná River The Paraná River ( ; ; ) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. ...
, a river that flows through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina ** Paraná Delta, at the mouth of Paraná River * Paranã River, a river in the state of Goiás, Brazil * Paraná Urariá, a river in the state of Amazonas, Brazil


Other

* ARA ''Paraná'', several ships of the Argentine Navy * Ji-Paraná Futebol Clube, a football team from Ji-Paraná, Rondônia state * Paraná Clube, a football team in the Vila Capanema district of Curitiba, Paraná * Paraná (footballer), Brazilian association footballer *Parana pine, a common name of ''
Araucaria angustifolia ''Araucaria angustifolia'', the Paraná pine, Brazilian pine or candelabra tree (, or ), is a critically endangered species in the Pinophyta, conifer genus ''Araucaria''. Although the common names in various languages refer to the species as a " ...
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See also

* Paran (disambiguation), places in Israel and Iran * Piranha, or pirañas, omnivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers * Piranha (disambiguation) {{DEFAULTSORT:Parana