Parma (disambiguation)

Parma is a city in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Parma.

Parma may also refer to:

Terms related to Parma, Italy

History

• The Duchy of Parma, a feudal name for the principality around Parma
  • Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592
• 49 Infantry Division Parma an Italian infantry division of World War II

Food

• Parma ham, a name for 'Prosciutto', a type of Italian dry-cured ham
• Parmigiana, an Italian food dish
• Parmesan, an Italian hard cheese

other

• Parma River, which divides the city and is a tributary of the Po river
• Parma Calcio 1913, the football (soccer) team from Parma
• The Charterhouse of Parma, a French 1839 novel by Stendhal set primarily in Parma

Places and jurisdictions elsewhere

in the United States

• Parma, Colorado
• Parma, Idaho
• Parma Township, Michigan
  • Parma, Michigan in Parma Township, Michigan
• Parma, Missouri
• Parma, New York
• Parma, Ohio
  • Parma of the Ruthenians, a Midwest suffragan eparchy (diocese) of the Ruthenenian Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
  • Parma Heights, Ohio
  • Parma Senior High School, a public high school in Parma, Ohio

in Europe (except Italy)

• Parma, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
• Parma, Russia, several inhabited localities in Russia

in Asia

• Parma, Tibet
• Parma, a yayla and hamlet in Çaykara district of Trabzon.

People

• Bruno Parma, a Slovene chess Grandmaster
• Jiří Parma, Czech ski jumper

Other uses

• Parma (barque), a sailing ship built in 1902 and scrapped in 1938
• Parma (shield), a Roman shield
• Parma (fish), a genus of fish
• Parma, a letter of the Tengwar alphabet
• Parma wallaby, a macropod
• Parma, a planet from the Phantasy Star series mythos
• Typhoon Parma, a name used for two northwestern Pacific Ocean tropical cyclones
• Parma Violets, a British confectionery

See also

• Parmigiano (disambiguation)
• Parmo