Normal mother in Italy (5)
I believe the answer is:
parma
'italy' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'normal mother' is the wordplay.
'normal' becomes 'par' (I've seen this in another clue).
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma can mean mother).
'par'+'ma'='PARMA'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for parma that I've seen before include "European city" , "Italian city producing cured ham" , "It. ham city; its Charterhouse, Stendhal" , "Italian city famous for cheese and ham" , "Italian city known for ham and violets" .)