Parma is a city in northern Italy.

Parma may also refer to:

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
  • Chicken parmigiana, regionally known as a "parma" in Australia
  • 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

United States

  • 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 closed public high school in Parma, Ohio

Europe

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

Asia

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

Oceania

  • Parma, New South Wales

People

  • Bruno Parma (1941–2026), Slovene-Yugoslav chess Grandmaster
  • Jiří Parma, Czech ski jumper
  • Parma Nand, Fijian-New Zealand surgeon

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
  • List of storms named Parma, a name used for two northwestern Pacific Ocean tropical cyclones
  • Parma Violets, a British confectionery

See also

  • Parmigiano (disambiguation)
  • Parmo