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Papyrus Salt 825
Papyrus Salt 825 is a Ptolemaic-period Egyptian mythological-ritual papyrus in the British Museum, bought from Henry Salt's collection in 1835, preserving a Ritual of the House of Life.
Pâques à New York
Les Pâques à New York is a long poem by Blaise Cendrars, written in New York in 1912 and regarded as a founding text of modern French poetry.
Paquisha War
The Paquisha War was a border clash between Ecuador and Peru in early 1981 over watchposts in the Cordillera del Cóndor, known in Peru as the Falso Paquisha conflict.
Paquita
Paquita: Romantic ballet created 1 April 1846 at the Paris Opera by Joseph Mazilier to Édouard Deldevez's music, with Carlotta Grisi. Marius Petipa's 1881 Saint Petersburg revival added the Grand Pas Classique, the fragment now danced worldwide.
Paquita la del Barrio
Paquita la del Barrio (Francisca Viveros Barradas, 1947–2025), Mexican ranchera and bolero singer from Alto Lucero, Veracruz, famous for "Rata de dos patas," "Tres veces te engañé," Casa Paquita, and defiant songs defending women.
Paquita Salas
Paquita Salas: Spanish mockumentary comedy series by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (los Javis), starring Brays Efe as a 1990s talent agent. Three seasons, 16 episodes, Flooxer 2016 then Netflix, one Ondas and four Feroz awards.
Paquito Guzmán
Paquito Guzmán, born Frank Guzmán Géigel, was a Puerto Rican salsa and bolero singer known for salsa romántica hits like "Esa mujer" and "25 rosas".
Par (score)
Par (score): the expected stroke count for a scratch golfer on a golf hole or course, allowing two putts per green. Coined by A.H. Doleman at Prestwick in 1870; codified by the USGA in 1911.
Par Arvidsson
Pär (Pär Johan) Arvidsson, Swedish swimmer born 1960, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder in the 100 m butterfly (54.15), later a Bay Area entrepreneur; distinct from shooter Per-Olof Arvidsson and hockey player Viktor Arvidsson.
Par Equity
Par Equity is an Edinburgh-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2008, investing over £160m in 77 B2B technology companies across northern England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
Par Health, Inc.
Par Health, Inc. is a private American manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, sterile injectables, and active pharmaceutical ingredients, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, formed through a 2025 spin-off from Mallinckrodt.
Pär Lagerkvist
Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974) was a Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature, best known for his novel Barabbas (1950).
PAR-CLIP
PAR-CLIP is a molecular biology method that maps RNA-binding protein binding sites across the transcriptome at single-nucleotide resolution, introduced by Markus Hafner and colleagues in 2010.
Pär-Jörgen Pärson
Pär-Jörgen Pärson is a Swedish venture capitalist and general partner at Northzone since 2004, best known as Spotify's first external investor and 2008 Series A lead.
Pará
Pará is Brazil's second largest state, in the North Region, capital Belém; name from Tupi 'pa'ra' (river-sea). Known for the 1616 Forte do Presépio, the 1835 Cabanagem revolt, rubber and Carajás mining, and Amazon deforestation.
Para (Special Forces)
Para (Special Forces), or Para SF, is the special forces arm of the Indian Army, formed from selected Parachute Regiment battalions and known for the 2016 surgical strikes.
Para Bellum (album)
Para Bellum is Testament's 14th studio album, released October 10, 2025 on Nuclear Blast. Titled after the Latin phrase Si vis pacem, para bellum, it features new drummer Chris Dovas and was named Loudwire's best metal album of 2025.
Para biathlon
Para biathlon is a Paralympic winter sport combining adapted cross-country skiing with precision air rifle shooting at 10 m, contested by athletes with physical and vision impairments since 1988.
Para Brahman
Para Brahman (परब्रह्म, parabrahma) is the supreme or higher Brahman of Vedanta. In Advaita it is nirguna Brahman, the attributeless Absolute; in Dvaita and Vishishtadvaita it is the qualified personal God, saguna Brahman.
Para ovarian cyst
Para ovarian cyst (paraovarian, paratubal cyst; ICD-11 GA18.4): benign fluid-filled sac in the broad ligament beside the ovary, 5–20% of adnexal masses, usually asymptomatic, treated expectantly or by laparoscopic cystectomy.
Para rowing
Para rowing, formerly called adaptive rowing, is the discipline of rowing for athletes with impairments, classified PR1 to PR3 and raced at the Paralympics since 2008.
Para Siempre
Para Siempre, Vicente Fernández's 79th studio album (Sony BMG Norte, September 2007), features 12 Joan Sebastian songs, topped Billboard's Latin charts, sold about 1.05 million copies, and won the 2008 Latin Grammy for Best Ranchero Album.
Para snowboarding
Para snowboarding is a Paralympic winter sport in which athletes with impairments race snowboard cross and banked slalom, debuting at Sochi 2014 and governed by FIS since 2022.
Para Todos
Para Todos was a Brazilian illustrated weekly magazine founded in 1918 in Rio de Janeiro, initially centered on cinema before broadening into fashion, music, and theater.
Para Viver um Grande Amor
Para Viver um Grande Amor is a 1962 book of chronicles and poems by the Brazilian poet and songwriter Vinicius de Moraes, his first book of prose.
Para-alpine skiing
Para-alpine skiing: Paralympic alpine ski racing for athletes with physical or vision impairments, in standing (LW1-9), sitting (LW10-12), and vision impaired (AS1-4) classes, ranked by factored times across five disciplines.
Para-alpine skiing classification
Para-alpine skiing classification: FIS system grouping athletes with physical or vision impairments into standing (LW1-9), sitting (LW10-12), and vision impaired (AS1-4, formerly B1-3) sport classes with factored timing.
Para-archery classification
Para-archery classification: World Archery's system (Book 5.1, effective 16 January 2026) assessing eligible impairments, assigning W1, Open (W2/ST), and VI1/VI2 sport classes, and governing assistive devices under the IPC Classification Code.
Para-athletics classification
Para-athletics classification: World Para Athletics system assigning eligible athletes T (track/jump) or F (field) sport classes, 10 impairment types, tens digit for type, ones digit for severity.
Para-central scotoma
Para-central scotoma (ICD-11 9D42.5), also called paracentral scotoma, is a blind spot within about 10 degrees of visual fixation, sparing fixation itself; caused mainly by glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinal tears, and PAMM.