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Lombard
The term '''Lombard''' refers to members of or things related, directly or indirectly, to the Lombards (''Longobardi''), a Germanic tribe that dominated northern Italy and adjoining areas from the 6th to 8th centuries. Uses of the term include:
History and culture
- Lombard banking, Lombard is a historical term for pawn shops or moneychangers in the Middle Ages
- Lombard League, a medieval alliance of some 30 cities in Northern Italy
- Lombard rhythm, a musical rhythm, especially used in Baroque music
- Lombardy, the region of northern Italy dominated by the Lombards
Language
- The current Lombard language, a Romance language spoken in parts of Switzerland and Northern Italy
- The extinct Lombardic language (''Longobardic''), a Germanic language spoken by the Longobards
- Lombard effect, a phenomenon in which a speaker or singer involuntarily raises his or her vocal intensity in the presence of high levels of sound
People
- Carole Lombard (1908–1942), a Hollywood actress
- George Lombard (born 1975), Major League Baseball player
- Gustav Lombard (1895–1992), German General of the Waffen SS
- Lambert Lombard (1505–1566), a Flemish Renaissance architect
- Louise Lombard (born 1970), a British actress
- Peter Lombard (c. 1100–1160) , a scholastic philosopher and bishop of the 12th century
- Yvonne Lombard (born 1929), a Swedish actress known from the film ''A Lesson in Love''
- Étienne Lombard (1869–1920), a French otolaryngologist known for discovering the Lombard effect
Commerce
- ICICI Lombard, an insurance company in India
- Le Lombard (or Editions Lombard), the Belgian comic book publisher
- Lombard Bank, a bank in Malta
- Lombard credit, a form of lending used by central banks
- Lombard Direct, an insurance company in the United Kingdom
Places
- Lombard, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs ''département'' in France
- Lombard, Jura, a commune of the Jura ''département'' in France
- Lombard, Illinois, United States
Other
- Automobiles Lombard, a French automobile manufacturer
- Lombard, codename of third generation PowerBook G3 laptop computers made by Apple Computer from 1999 to 2001
- ''Anna Lombard'', a 1901 novel by Annie Sophie Cory writing as Victoria Cross
- Lombard (band), Polish rock band
- Lombard College, a now defunct institution of higher education in Galesburg, Illinois
- Lombard (Miami Vice)|"Lombard" (Miami Vice), an episode from the ''Miami Vice'' television series
See also
- Lombard Street (disambiguation)
- Lombardo, a family name
- Lombardi (disambiguation)
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