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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

It is also the name of several places:

• 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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