Paraná

geographical name

Pa·​ra·​ná ˌpär-ä-ˈnä 

1

or in upper course Alto Paraná

ˈal-(ˌ)tō 

ˈäl-

river about 2500 miles (4022 kilometers) long in central South America flowing from the junction of the Rio Grande and Paranaíba River in Brazil south-southwest into the Río de la Plata in Argentina

2

state of southern Brazil east of the Paraná River, between Paraguay and Argentina on the west and the Atlantic on the east; capital Curitiba area 76,953 square miles (199,308 square kilometers), population 10,444,526

3

city on the Paraná River in northeastern Argentina population 250,000