Lombard

• The Lombards or Longobards or Langobards were the Germanic tribe who gave their name to Lombardy, an administrative entity in Northern Italy.
• Lombardy as a linguistic and cultural area comprises Italian Lombardy, the Swiss Canton Ticino (Tessin) and three valleys of the Swiss Canton Grisons (Graubünden), in addition to some minor neighbouring areas.
• The Western Romance varieties spoken there are dialects of the Lombard language, which include Eastern Lombard, a variety spoken in Italy, and Western Lombard, which includes Milanese.
• The Lombard League of Italian communes countered the Imperial claims of Frederick Barbarossa.
• Lombard, the name of an insurance and finance company in the United Kingdom
• Lombard College, a now-defunct institution of higher education formerly in Galesburg, Illinois.

• The name, Lombard, connected with Italian merchants, has been given to some other "Lombard Streets" such as:

• Lombard Street, in the City of London
• Lombard Street, in Philadelphia
• Lombard Street, in San Francisco
• Lombard Street, in Baltimore

Lombard is the name of several towns:

• Lombard, a commune of the Doubs Département in France
• Lombard, a commune of the Jura in France

• Lombard, Illinois

Lombard is a surname (see also Lombardi):

• Carole Lombard was a Hollywood actress.
• Peter Lombard was a scholastic philosopher and bishop of the 12th century.
• Lombard rhythm is the name of a musical rhythm, especially in Baroque music.
• Le Lombard or Editions Lombard is a Belgian Comic book publisher.