Paria may refer to the following :
Places and jurisdictions
Old World
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Paria, Gujarat, village in Vapi, Valsad, Gujarat, India
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Paria in Proconsulari, an Ancient city and former bishopric, now a Latin titular see in Tunisia
* Paria, of, from, or related to
Paros
Paros (; el, Πάρος; Venetian: ''Paro'') is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. One of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about wide. It lies approximately south-east of ...
, a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea
Americas
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Paria (Peru), a mountain in the Andes
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Paria, Bolivia
Paria, Bolivia was an important administrative center of the Inca Empire in the late 15th and 16th centuries CE and was the first Spanish settlement in Bolivia, founded in 1535. The ruins of "Old Paria" (Paria la Viexa or Paria la Vieja) are loca ...
, founded in 1535, the first Spanish settlement in Bolivia.
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Paria, Utah
Paria or Pahreah (, rhymes with "Maria"), is a ghost town on the Paria River in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in central Kane County, Utah, United States. It was inhabited from 1870 to 1929, and later used as a filming location.
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, or ''Pahreah'', a ghost town on the Paria River in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, United States
* Paria, a Spanish colonial province of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
, constituting the eastern portion of the country
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Paria Point, a mountain in Zion National Park, Utah
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Paria River
The Paria River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in southern Utah and northern Arizona in the United States. It drains a rugged and arid region northwest of the Colorado, flowing through roadless slot canyons along part ...
, tributary of the Colorado River, United States
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Paria Peninsula
The Paria Peninsula () is a large peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, in the state of Sucre in northern Venezuela.
Geography
Separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Paria, the peninsula is part of the mountain range, in the Venezuelan ...
, peninsula in Sucre, Venezuela
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Gulf of Paria
The Gulf of Paria ( ; es, Golfo de Paria) is a shallow (180 m at its deepest) semi-enclosed inland sea located between the island of Trinidad (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) and the east coast of Venezuela. It separates the two countries ...
, gulf on the South of Paria Peninsula, the Orinoco River delta in Venezuela and on west coast of Trinidad
* The name given to North America on the
Waldseemüller map
The Waldseemüller map or ''Universalis Cosmographia'' ("Universal Cosmography") is a printed wall map of the world by German cartography, cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to ...
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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Paria (band), an American experimental metal band active from 2001–2010
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''Paria'' (opera) by Stanisław Moniuszko
Other uses
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Parias
In medieval Spain, ''parias'' (from medieval Latin ''pariāre'', "to make equal n account, i.e. pay) were a form of tribute paid by the ''taifas'' of al-Andalus to the Christian kingdoms of the north. ''Parias'' dominated relations between the ...
'', a form of tribute in medieval Spain
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''Paria'' (beetle), a genus of leaf beetle in family Chrysomelidae
See also
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Pariah (disambiguation)
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Parya (disambiguation)
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Praia (disambiguation)
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