Paria

American  

[puh-ree-uh, pah-ree-ah] / pəˈri ə, pɑˈri ɑ /

noun

1. Gulf of, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between the island of Trinidad and the NE coast of Venezuela.

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Example Sentences

Another Chinese major, Sinopec, grabbed offshore lots in the Gulf of Paria, near where ConocoPhillips had operated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Paria Veisi, from Cathays, in Cardiff, was last seen at 15:00 BST on 12 April when she left her place of work driving a black Mercedes GLC 200.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

In fact, only the Wave, another Instagram-ready location in the red rock of Arizona’s Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, saw more people apply for a permit and fewer people receive one last year.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023

One day, while floating in the Gulf of Paria, she said, a child-size turtle sidled up to her and placed its flipper directly over her heart.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Thus had Hojeda coasted the mainland for 400 leagues, 200 to the east of Paria, where he sighted the first land, and this was the only land that he and those with him discovered.

From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las