Lombard

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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:

Contents 1 History and culture 2 Language 3 People 4 Commerce 5 Locations 5.1 Lombard Street 6 Computing 7 Other 8 See also

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] People

• Carole Lombard (1908-1942), a Hollywood actress
• George Lombard (b.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 (b.1970), a British actress
• Peter Lombard (c.1100-1160) , a scholastic philosopher and bishop of the 12th century
• Yvonne Lombard (b.1929), a Swedish actress known from the film A Lesson in Love
• Johan Lombard (b.1986), a South African who was the first to extract AHSV4 VP5 using agarose beads with GST tags
• Étienne Lombard (1869-1920), a French otolaryngologist known for discovering the Lombard effect

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[edit] 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 Canada, an insurance company in Canada
• Lombard, a brand of chainsaws
• Lombard credit, a form of lending used by central banks
• Lombard Direct, an insurance company in the United Kingdom
• Lombard, a leasing company owned by Royal Bank of Scotland
• Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, a private bank in Switzerland
• Lombard Risk [1], a risk management software company

[edit] Locations

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

[edit] Lombard Street

• Lombard Street, London
• Lombards Street in Paris, France
• Lombard Street, Philadelphia
• Lombard Street, San Francisco
• Lombard Street, Portland, Oregon on U.S. Route 30 in Oregon
• Lombard street, Pretoria South Africa
• Lombard Street, Dublin, Ireland

[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

• A British acronym for "Lots Of Money, But A Real Dickhead"
• 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), an episode from the Miami Vice television series
• Automobiles Lombard, a short lived French automobile manufacturer owned by André Lombard.
• Lombaard, with a doubled "a": a South African version of the Lombard family name, with both versions of the surname being commonly found among Afrikaans speakers.

[edit] See also

• Lombardo, a family name
• Lombardi, a family name

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