parma

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US/ˈpɑɹmə/UK/ˈpɑːmə/

noun

A dish cooked in the parmigiana style.

“The local pub was offering a chicken parma and a pot of beer for $8.”

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

parma1

nounparma (plural parmas)

plural parmas

  1. AustraliaA dish cooked in the parmigiana style.

    The local pub was offering a chicken parma and a pot of beer for $8.

parma2

nounparma (plural parmae)

plural parmae

  1. historicalA small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry.

Parma3

proper noun
  1. A province in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

    Waltz into a grand Austrian celebration this fall on the Danube River on an eight-day cruise marking the 300th birthday of Maria Theresa of Austria, whose one-time titles included Holy Roman Empress; Queen of Hungary, Bohemia, Croatia and Slavonia; Archduchess of Austria; and Duchess of Parma.

    2017 August 23, Rosemary McClure, “Party like its^([sic]) 1717 on a Danube River cruise celebrating Maria Theresa of Austria”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2017
  2. A city, the capital of Parma province, Emilia-Romagna.
  3. A surname from Italian.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A locality in the Shoalhaven council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Origin

parma · noun

  1. Latinparma
  2. Latinparma
  3. Englishparma

Borrowed from Latin parma.

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Parma · proper noun

  1. LatinParma
  2. ItalianParma
  3. EnglishParma

Borrowed from Italian Parma, from Latin Parma, from Etruscan.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 帕爾馬省 /帕尔马省, 帕爾馬 /帕尔马
  • 帕爾馬省 /帕尔马省 (Pà'ěrmǎ Shěng)province
  • 帕爾馬 /帕尔马 (Pàěrmǎ)city
French Parme, Parme
  • Parmeprovince
  • Parmecity
German Parma
  • Parmacity
Italian Parma, Parma
  • Parmaprovince
  • Parmacity
Japanese パルマ, パルマ
  • パルマ (Paruma)province
  • パルマ (Paruma)city
Latin Parma
  • Parmacity
Polish Parma
  • Parmacity
Russian Па́рма, Па́рма
  • Па́рма (Párma)province
  • Па́рма (Párma)city
Spanish Parma, Parma
  • Parmaprovince
  • Parmacity

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

parma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parma

MLA

“parma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parma. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parma.

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