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parma

UK/ˈpɑːmə/US/ˈpɑɹmə/

parma noun: a dish cooked in the parmigiana style.

Noun (1)

parma (plural parmas)

  1. (Australia) A dish cooked in the parmigiana style.
    • The local pub was offering a chicken parma and a pot of beer for $8.

Noun (2)

parma (plural parmae)

  1. (historical) A small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry.

Proper noun capitalized: Parma

Parma

  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...
  2. A city, the capital of Parma province, Emilia-Romagna.
  3. A surname from Italian.
  4. An unincorporated community in Alamosa County and Rio Grande County, Colorado.
  5. A city in Canyon County, Idaho.
  6. A township and village in Jackson County, Michigan.
  7. A minor city in New Madrid County, Missouri.
  8. A town in Monroe County, New York.
  9. A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

parma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

parma in Hindi

परमा

parma in Tamil

பரமா

parma in Marathi

परमा

parma in Urdu

پارما, پرما
More languagesFewer languages
parma in Bengali
পারমা, পার্মা, পরমা
parma in Telugu
పర్మ, పరమా, పార్మా
parma in Malayalam
പർമ്മ, പർമ, പാർമ
parma in Kannada
ಪರಮಾ, ಪರ್ಮ, ಪಾರ್ಮಾ
parma in Punjabi
ਪਰਮਾ, ਪਾਰਮਾ
parma in Gujarati
પરમા
parma in Odia
ପରମା, ପାର୍ମା, ପର୍ମା
parma in Nepali
परमा, पर्मा

Forms of parma

pluralparmas
pluralparmae

Origin of parma

From parmigiana.

Borrowed from Latin parma.

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

Words formed from parma

Phrases with parma

Words that rhyme with parma

Questions about parma

What does parma mean?
Parma means a dish cooked in the parmigiana style.
What is parma in Hindi?
Parma in Hindi is परमा. See Parma meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is parma?
Parma can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce parma?
Parma is pronounced /ˈpɑɹmə/ (US).
What is the plural of parma?
The plural of parma is parmas.

Words near parma in the dictionary

  1. parlyvoo
  2. parlyvooed
  3. parlyvooing
  4. parlyvoos
  5. parm
  6. parma
  7. Parma ham
  8. Parma hams
  9. Parma violet
  10. Parma violets
  11. parma wallabies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: parma (page history and authors); Parma (page history and authors); parma (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parma (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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