Lombard
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Lombard can refer to many things:
Language
- The extinct Longobardic language - a Germanic language spoken by the Longobards.
- The current Lombard language - a Romance language spoken in parts of Switzerland and Northern Italy, and divided into Eastern Lombard and Western Lombard.
History and Culture
- Lombards - The House of Lombard
- The Lombard League - an alliance of some 30 cities in Northern Italy.
- Lombard banking - a historical term for pawn shops in the Middle ages.
- Lombard College - a now defunct institution of higher education in Galesburg, Illinois.
- Lombard rhythm - a musical rhythm, especially used in Baroque music.
- A member of the Lombards - the Germanic tribe that dominated Austria, parts of Switzerland and most of Northern Italy from the 6th century to the 8th century.
People
- The family names Lombardo and Lombardi
- Carole Lombard - a Hollywood actress.
- Peter Lombard - a scholastic philosopher and bishop of the 12th century.
- Lambert Lombard - a Flemish Renaissance architect.
Commerce
- Le Lombard (or Editions Lombard) - the Belgian comic book publisher that launched Tintin and The Smurfs.
- Lombard Canada - an insurance company in Canada
- ICICI Lombard - an insurance company in India
- Lombard Direct - an insurance company in the United Kingdom
- Lombard Bank - a bank in Malta
Locations
The surname has also led to the creation of several "Lombard Street" such as:
- Lombard Street in the City of London
- Lombard Street in San Francisco
- Lombard Street in Baltimore
- Lombard Street in Dublin
- Lombard Street in Philadelphia
- Lombard, Illinois
- Lombard, Doubs - a commune of the Doubs département in France
- Lombard, Jura - a commune of the Jura in France
Other
- Lombard - Codename of a prototype of one of the first pen-based computers, built by GO Corporation
- Lombard - Codename of third generation PowerBook G3 laptop computers made by Apple Computer from 1999 to 2001.
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