Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of north-central Italy southeast of Milan. Founded by Romans in 183 BC, it became a free city in the 1100s and was the center of the duchy of Parma and Piacenza after 1545. It became part of the kingdom of Sardinia in 1860 and of Italy in 1861.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the low east and west ranges which project from the western side of the north and south Urals, and die out in the plains. They are due to gently folded strata.
- noun In general, following the above usage, any low anticlinal fold, forming a ridge. Such ridges often, in the past, constituted barriers to the migrations of faunas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Province of
Emilia-Romagna ,Italy . - proper noun A city, the capital of Parma.
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Examples
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PARMA, Ohio, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A couple in Parma, Ohio, may be able to save their home from foreclosure thanks to a rare coin they cashed in, a coin and jewelry buyer says.
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That at least is what the Democratic Presidential candidate told a town hall forum in Parma, Ohio, on Tuesday.
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Briggs is a wonderful singer and her appearance here as the Duchess of Parma from a few years ago sticks in my mind still.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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Briggs is a wonderful singer and her appearance here as the Duchess of Parma from a few years ago sticks in my mind still.
A Letter to Three 2007
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In 1987 Argento directed one of his most shocking movies, OPERA, set in Parma 's Teatro Regio.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006
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Often people have a very limited view of Italy at first, and they are constantly surprised by the things they learn in class – that there are cities called Parma and Reggio where “Parmigiano-Reggiano” is made, that unemployment is high, or that big families are no longer the norm in Italy.
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And when I finished my speech in downtown Cleveland to the City Club before we went out to the airport, I told my entourage with no planning that I wanted to go back to a small business that I came across in the primary in Parma, which is a suburb of Cleveland, to visit a woman named Mary Poldruhi, who became a friend of mine in the election.
Presidents Remarks At Sba Ceremony ITY National Archives 1993
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Giallorossi fail to bounce back against Parma, which is one spot from the bottom of the table.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Andrew Dampf 2010
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Sheen's cause is being promoted during the month of February by the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy (Diocese) of Parma, which is putting the finishing touches on a Sheen exhibit and will host a special meeting of bishops and clergy this week.
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Sheen's cause is being promoted during the month of February by the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy (Diocese) of Parma, which is putting the finishing touches on a Sheen exhibit and will host a special meeting of bishops and clergy this week.
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