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Lombard

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Lombard

Member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in 568 and occupied Lombardy (named after them) and central Italy. Their capital was Monza. They were conquered by the Frankish ruler Charlemagne in 774.

Lombard

Town in northeastern Illinois, a suburb 32 km/20 mi west of Chicago; population (1990 est) 39,400. Primarily a residential community, it also produces plastics. It is known for the many varieties of lilac in its Lilacia Park and for its annual Lilac Festival.

Local educational institutions include the National College of Chiropractic (1906), Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Bethany Theological Seminary. American settlement dates to 1834.



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* This is the same which is called, according to locality, climate, and races, Lombard, Saxon, or Byzantine.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
From ten in the morning till two, he sites in his office in Lombard Street, and the pulse of the city beats differently in his absence.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Pickwick and Sam took up their present abode in very good, old-fashioned, and comfortable quarters, to wit, the George and Vulture Tavern and Hotel, George Yard, Lombard Street.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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