Catalan Alternative forms Paraná Etymology Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”). Pronunciation IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾəˈna] IPA(key): (Valencia) [pa.ɾaˈna] Proper noun Paranà m Paraná (a river in central and southern South America) Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba) Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.