Editing Pará (section)

==Etymology==
The state's name is a [[toponym]] of the [[Tupi language|Tupi]] word ''pará'' – literally "[[sea]]", but sometimes used to refer to large rivers.<ref>{{cite journal | first=Maria Vicentina P. A. | last=Dick | date=1990-12-31 | title=Os Vocábulos Toponímicos Básicos no "Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica" e Sua Relação Geográfica | language=pt-br | url=http://www.revistas.usp.br/rieb/article/view/70051 | journal=Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros | issue=31 | page=103 | doi=10.11606/issn.2316-901X | publisher=[[Universidade de São Paulo]] | access-date=2020-02-21 | doi-access=free }}</ref> The state was named after the river of the same name, the [[Pará River]], one of the tributaries of the [[Amazon River]].