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Definition of Parmesan cheese - 2 dictionary results

Par⋅me⋅san

[pahr-muh-zahn, -zan, -zuhn; pahr-muh-zahn, -zan]
–adjective
1. of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
–noun
2. (sometimes lowercase) Also called Parmesan cheese. a hard, dry variety of Italian cheese made from skim milk, usually grated and sprinkled over pasta dishes and soups.

Origin:
1510–20; < MF < It parmigiano pertaining to Parma
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Parmesan 
type of dry, hard cheese, 1556, from It. Parmegiano, from Parma, city in northern Italy, one of the places where the cheese is made. Full form parmeson chese is recorded from 1519.
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