Paria may refer to the following :
Places and jurisdictions
Old World
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Paria, Gujarat
Paria is a village near Vapi in Valsad district, Gujarat, India.
References
Villages in Valsad district
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, village in Vapi, Valsad, Gujarat, India
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Paria in Proconsulari Paria in Proconsulari is an Ancient town and former bishopric in Roman Africa and now a Latin titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
History
The diocese (in Latin Rite Pariensis in Proconsulari) was founded in late antiquity in a town of what ...
, an Ancient city and former bishopric, now a Latin titular see in Tunisia
* Paria, of, from, or related to
Paros
Paros (; ; ) is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. Part of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos (island), Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about wide. It lies approximately south-east of Piraeus. The Co ...
, 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, 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. ...
, 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, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
, 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 par ...
, 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 Coa ...
, peninsula in Sucre, Venezuela
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Gulf of Paria
The Gulf of Paria ( ; ) is a shallow ( at its deepest) semi-enclosed inland sea located between the island of Trinidad and the east coast of Venezuela. It separates the two countries by as little as at its narrowest and at its widest points. T ...
, 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 the German cartography, cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first ma ...
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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Paria (band)
Paria is an American experimental metal band formed in 2001 and based in Omaha, Nebraska. They have released one EP on Imagine It Records and two full length albums for Black Market Activities. They went on indefinite hiatus in May 2010. As o ...
, an American experimental metal band active from 2001 to 2010
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''Paria'' (opera) by Stanisław Moniuszko, 1869
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Il paria
(''The Outcast'') is an opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti from a libretto by Domenico Gilardoni, based on ''Le Paria'' by Casimir Delavigne and Michele Carafa's ''Il paria'' with a libretto by Gaetano Rossi.
Completed in the winter of 1828 ...
'', opera by Donizetti
* ''Le paria'' by
Casimir Delavigne
Jean-François Casimir Delavigne (; 4 April 179311 December 1843) was a French poet and dramatist.
Life and career
Delavigne was born at Le Havre, but was sent to Paris to be educated at the Lycée Napoleon. He read extensively. When, on 20 Ma ...
, basis of both operas
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
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Paria Fuel Trading Company
Trinidad Petroleum Holdings is a state-owned oil company in Trinidad and Tobago. Its principal activities are the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbons, operations it conducts through its primary subsidiary, Heritage Petroleum ...
, an oil company
See also
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Pariah (disambiguation)
Pariah may refer to:
* A member of the Paraiyar caste in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
* Pariah state, a country whose behavior does not conform to norms
** Pariah State, a restaurant in the City of Victoria Falls
* Outcast (person)
Science an ...
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Parya (disambiguation)
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Praia (disambiguation)
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