Paraíso Explained

Paraíso (Galician, Portuguese, Spanish) means paradise in English. It may refer to:

Places

Central America

• Paraiso, Belize, a municipality in Belize
• Paraíso, Costa Rica
  • Paraíso (canton), in Cartago province
• Paraíso, Barahona, Dominican Republic
• Paraíso, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
• Paraíso, Tabasco, Tabasco, Mexico
• Paraíso, Panamá Province, Panama
• Paraíso, Chiriquí, Panama
• Paraíso, Los Santos, Panama
• Paraíso metro station, a rapid transit station in Panama City

South America

• Paraíso, Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Paraíso, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Paraíso (São Paulo Metro)
• Paraíso do Tocantins, a municipality in the state of Tocantins in the Northern region of Brazil
• El Paraíso, Peru, settlement in the Chillón Valley occupied ca. 3500-1800 BC.

Television

• Paraíso (Venezuelan TV series), a 1989 Venezuelan telenovela
• Paraíso (2009 TV series), a 2009 Brazilian telenovela
• Paraiso (Philippine TV series), a 2012 Philippine daytime television drama
• Paraíso (2021 TV series), a Spanish television series that ran from 2021 to 2022

Cinema

• Paraíso (1970 film), a 1970 film by Luis Alcoriza
• Paraíso (2003 film), a 2003 film by Alina Teodorescu
• Paraiso, a 2009 film by Leon Ichaso

Music

• Paraiso (Haruomi Hosono album), a 1978 album by Haruomi Hosono
• Paraiso (Smokey Mountain album), a 1991 album by the band Smoky Mountain
• Paraiso, a 2013 album by the band Subsignal
• "Paraíso", a song by Bloc Party on the 2016 album Hymns
• "Paraíso," a 2018 song by Lucas Lucco and Pabllo Vittar

Other uses

• Paraiso, a story arc of the Philippine comic strip series Pugad Baboy
• Bala de Cañón (Couroupita nicaraguensis), a species of woody plant also known as paraíso