Lombard

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Contents 1 History and culture 2 Language 3 People 4 Commerce 5 Locations 6 Computing 7 Other

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:

[edit] History and culture

• Lombardy, the region of northern Italy dominated by the Lombards
• Lombard League, a medieval alliance of some 30 cities in Northern Italy
• Lombard banking, Lombard is a historical term for pawn shops or moneychangers in the Middle Ages
• Lombard rhythm, a musical rhythm, especially used in Baroque music

[edit] Language

• The extinct Lombardic language (Longobardic), 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.

[edit] People

• The family names Lombardo and Lombardi
• Carole Lombard, a Hollywood actress
• George Lombard, Major League Baseball player
• Gustav Lombard, German General of the Waffen SS
• Lambert Lombard, a Flemish Renaissance architect
• Louise Lombard, a British actress
• Peter Lombard, a scholastic philosopher and bishop of the 12th century
• Yvonne Lombard, a Swedish actress known from the film A Lesson in Love

[edit] Commerce

• Le Lombard (or Editions Lombard), the Belgian comic book publisher that launched Tintin magazine and the comic books Michel Vaillant and Blake and Mortimer
• Lombard Canada, an insurance company in Canada
• ICICI Lombard, an insurance company in India
• Lombard Direct, an insurance company in the United Kingdom
• Lombard Risk, a risk management software company
• Lombard Bank, a bank in Malta
• Lombard Odier Darrier Hentsch, a private bank in Switzerland
• Lombard credit, a form of lending used by central banks
• Lombard (chainsaw), a brand of chainsaws
• Lombard's Liquors, private Liquor Store in Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa

[edit] Locations

The surname has also led to the creation of several "Lombard Street" such as:

• Lombard Street, London
• Lombard Street, San Francisco
• Lombard Street, Baltimore in Baltimore
• Lombard Street, Dublin in Dublin
• Lombard Street, Philadelphia
• Lombard Street, Portland, Oregon
• Lombard Street, Centurion in South Africa

It is also the name of several places:

• Lombard, Illinois, United States
• Lombard, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs département in France
• Lombard, Jura, a commune of the Jura département in France
• Lombard, Hautes-Alpes, a hamlet of the Hautes-Alpes département in France

[edit] Computing

• Lombard Prototype, 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

[edit] Other

• Lombard College, a now defunct institution of higher education in Galesburg, Illinois
• Lombard (band), Polish rock band
• Anna Lombard, a 1901 novel by Annie Sophie Cory writing as Victoria Cross
• A British acronym for "Lots of Money, But A Real Dickhead"
• Lombard (Miami Vice), an episode from the Miami Vice television series, that references a character played by Dennis Farina
• 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 (especially noise).