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Par⋅me⋅san

  [pahr-muh-zahn, -zan, -zuhn; pahr-muh-zahn, -zan]
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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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Par·me·san   (pär'mə-zän', -zān', -zən)   
n.  A hard, sharp, dry Italian cheese made from skim milk and usually served grated as a garnish.

[French, from Old French permigean, of Parma, from Old Italian parmigiano; see parmigiana.]
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Parmesan

Par`me*san"\, a. [F. parmesan, It. parmigiano.] Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy.

Parmesan cheese, a kind of cheese of a rich flavor, though from skimmed milk, made in Parma, Italy.
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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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