Lombard

From Wikinfo

• The Lombards were a Germanic tribe in history.

• Their name, Lombard, has been given to some places such as:
  • Lombard, Illinois
  • Lombard Street, in the City of London
  • Lombard Street, in San Francisco
  • Lombard, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs [[d�partement]] in France

• Lombardy is a region in Northern Italy
• The Italian dialect spoken there is called Lombard language.

• Lombard rhythm is the name of a musical rhythm

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Lombard" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard, used under the GNU Free Documentation License