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Par·ma  (pärm)
1. A city of north-central Italy southeast of Milan. Founded by Romans in 183 b.c., it became a free city in the 12th century 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. Population: 177,000.
2. A city of northeast Ohio, a chiefly residential suburb of Cleveland. Population: 80,000.
Parma
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1. (Placename (Italian)) a city in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna: capital of the duchy of Parma and Piacenza from 1545 until it became part of Italy in 1860; important food industry (esp Parmesan cheese). Pop.: 168 717 (2000 est.)
2. (Placename) a city in NE Ohio, south of Cleveland. Pop.: 85 006 (1996 est.)
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De Bourbon Parme (2001), 'n afstammeling van Lodewyk XVII, ondersoek die genetiese band tussen haarself en die kroonprins se versteende hart.
Van Tempeltronk tot katedraal: die kruisweg van Lodewyk XVII/van ... by Morgan, Naomi / Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies
The most extensive treatment of the history of this theater is in Irving Lavin, "Lettres de Parmes (1618, 1627-28) et debuts du theatre Baroque," Le lieu theatral a la renaissance, Jean Jacquot, ed.
The architecture of Italian theaters around the time of William ... by Johnson, Eugene J. / Shakespeare Studies
More than once, Ariosto's narrator uses the figure of the weaver as a metaphor for the poet who needs numerous narrative threads to spin the tapestry of his poem: "Di molte fila esser bisogno parme / a condur la gran tela ch' io lavoro" (13.
Alcina's island: from imitation to innovation in the Orlando furioso by Mac Carthy, Ita / Italica
 
 
 
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