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Parma

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Parma

Province of north central Italy in northwest Emilia-Romagna region; capital Parma; area 3,449 sq km/1,332 sq mi; population (2000 est) 397,100.

Parma

City in Cuyahoga County, northeastern Ohio, USA, 11 km/7 mi south of downtown Cleveland; population (2000) 85,700. Primarily a residential suburb, it is also a large industrial centre with tool-and-die works. Products include automotive components. In 1931 a proposal for annexation to Cleveland was defeated and Parma was incorporated as a city. The original settlement was founded in 1816 by New Englanders; it was renamed after the Italian city in 1826.
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Or, if passengers desire to visit Parma (famous for Correggio's frescoes) and Bologna, they can by rail go on to Florence, and rejoin the steamer at Leghorn, thus spending about three weeks amid the cities most famous for art in Italy.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
That evening, at eight-thirty, exquisitely dressed and wearing a large button-hole of Parma violets, Dorian Gray was ushered into Lady Narborough's drawing-room by bowing servants.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar View in context
Lovell Mingott had the high colour and glassy stare induced in ladies of her age and habit by the effort of getting into a new dress; but once the disappointment occasioned by her mother-in-law's non-appearance had subsided, it was agreed that her black Chantilly over lilac satin, with a bonnet of Parma violets, formed the happiest contrast to Mrs.
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