Parma

See also: parma

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə

Proper noun

Parma

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

Derived terms

• Parma ham
• Parma violet

Related terms

• Parmesan
• Parmese

Translations

province

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕爾馬省 / 帕尔马省 (Pà'ěrmǎshěng)

• French: Parme (fr)
• Italian: Parma (it)
• Japanese: パルマ (Paruma)
• Marathi: पार्मा (pārmā)
• Russian: Па́рма (ru) f (Párma)
• Spanish: Parma (es)

city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕爾馬 / 帕尔马 (zh) (Pàěrmǎ)

• French: Parme (fr)
• German: Parma (de) n
• Gujarati: પાર્મા (pārmā)
• Italian: Parma (it) f
• Latin: Parma f
• Maltese: Parma f
• Marathi: पार्मा (pārmā)
• Polish: Parma (pl) f
• Russian: Па́рма (ru) f (Párma)
• Spanish: Parma (es)
• Telugu: పార్మా (pārmā)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Parma is the 33772^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 674 individuals. Parma is most common among White (79.82%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.46%) individuals.

Anagrams

• AMRAP, param, praam

Catalan

Proper noun

Parma f

1. Parma (a city in Italy)

Related terms

• parmesà

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Parma, from Etruscan 𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌌𐌄 (parme).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arma
• Hyphenation: Pàr‧ma

Proper noun

Parma f

1. Parma (a province of Italy)
2. Parma (a city in Italy)
3. Parma (river that crosses the city)

Derived terms

• parmense
• parmigiano

Anagrams

• rampa

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan.

Proper noun

Parma f sg (genitive Parmae); first declension

1. Parma (a city in Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Parma
genitive	Parmae
dative	Parmae
accusative	Parmam
ablative	Parmā
vocative	Parma
locative	Parmae

References

• “Parma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Parma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Slovak

Etymology

From parma (“barbel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈparma]

Proper noun

Parma m pers (female equivalent Parmová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Parma (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Parma	Parmovia	Parmovci
genitive	Parmu	Parmov	Parmovcov
dative	Parmovi	Parmom	Parmovcom
accusative	Parmu	Parmov	Parmovcov
locative	Parmovi	Parmoch	Parmovcoch
instrumental	Parmom	Parmami	Parmovcami

Further reading

• “Parma”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024