Chicken Parmesan is also known as Chicken Parmigiana. The name is interchangeable, depending on the restaurant or recipe writers. However, the dish is the same.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe names u0022chicken parmigianau0022 and u0022chicken parmesanu0022 are spin-offs from the original Italian recipe for eggplant parmigiana. According to some folks, the recipe eggplant parmigiana originated in the northern Italian city of Parma. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMany of the Italian dishes we are familiar with in the United States are actually Italian-American and not authentic Italian cuisine. Chicken Parmesan isn't a true, authentic Italian dish (i.e. originates from Italy), but rather, it's one of the revised recipes from when Italians immigrated to America.