Lombard

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The term Lombard refers to members of or things related, directly or indirectly, to Lombardy, a region in northern Italy encompassing in the past all of northern Italy.

History and culture

Lombards, a Germanic tribe
Lombards of Sicily, a linguistic minority living in Sicily, southern Italy
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

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

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

France

Lombard, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs département
Lombard, Jura, a commune of the Jura département

United States

Other uses

Lombard (surname)
Automobiles Lombard, a French automobile manufacturer in the 1920s
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 (grape), another name for the German/Italian wine grape Trollinger
- Enfariné noir, French wine grape that is also known as Lombard
"Lombard" (Miami Vice), an episode from the Miami Vice television series
Lombard (gun), an early cannon
Lombard (magazine), an Italian business magazine