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Lombardy

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Lom·bar·dy  (lmbr-d, lm-)
A region of northern Italy bordering on Switzerland. First inhabited by a Gallic people, it became the center of the kingdom of the Lombards in the sixth century a.d. and part of Charlemagne's empire in 774. The Lombard League of cities defeated Emperor Frederick I in 1176.
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Noun1.LombardyLombardy - a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland
Lombardia
Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
Cremona - a city in Lombardy on the Po River; noted for the manufacture of fine violins from the 16th to the 18th centuries
Milan, Milano - the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages
Translations
Lombardy [ˈlɔmbədɪ] n → Lombardie f
Lombardy [ˈlɔmbədɪ] n → Lombardia


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