A native or inhabitant of Lombardy, Italy.
Used in a Sentence
lombard
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lombard.
Editorial note
San Francisco is a young city (by european standards), and is younger than when there was Lombard Banks.
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Quick take
A native or inhabitant of Lombardy, Italy.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of lombard gathered in one view.
A Romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland.
A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lombard.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Lombardy, Italy.
noun
A Romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland.
noun
A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.
noun
Alternative form of Lombard (“cannon”). [(historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.]
Example sentences
San Francisco is a young city (by european standards), and is younger than when there was Lombard Banks.
The Lombard Jews were the first to practise this exchange business, the first bench having been established in Italy a.d.
So San Francisco is not the only city with a remarkably crooked Lombard Street?
Have you read about the Lombard invasion of northern Italy in the 6th century?
I might recognize Lombard Street without any additional info, but a random wall in the middle of Mexico has no chance.
Vercellese for example has many grammatical elements of Lombard (e.g.
That's why you should only run down Lombard Street!
I got nine straight years out of my Mac SE/30, five from my (used) PowerBook G3 Lombard and five from my iBook G4.
We are staying near the Presidio on Lombard street...
Another good candidate for hardware is a Lombard Powerbook.
It's the Crystal Tower Apartments - Lombard and Taylor I think.
>see why Leap is the daily commute you’ll love >Here’s how you ride >Our first route travels between Lombard Street and Downtown.
Quote examples
Confusingly, Italians would call Piedmontese or Lombard a “dialetto” as much as they would call Turinese a “dialetto”.
In SF a cab refused to take us (a white guy and girl and a 6 month toddler) to Lombard street because it was "2 blocks away".
I" #" that criminal in Lombard-street, out at neighbouring streets that she" #" that he,\" said Darnay.
I do remind people from time to time that the regional languages in Italy are languages in their own right, and indeed the "dialects" spoken in Italy don't form a natural subgroup of the Romance languages, either (Piedmontese and Lombard are probably closer to the subgroup of the Western Romance languages that includes French rather than the one that contains Italian).
Proper noun examples
Compounding the problem is the lack of buses on many popular commute routes, such as the Lombard-downtown route that Leap follows.
The distinction is ultimately arbitrary—there is a gradation of dialects from Piedmontese to Lombard.
Yorba's products are named after prominent streets in SF (Shotwell, Valencia, Fillmore, Lombard).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lombard in a sentence?
San Francisco is a young city (by european standards), and is younger than when there was Lombard Banks.
What does lombard mean?
A native or inhabitant of Lombardy, Italy.
What part of speech is lombard?
lombard is commonly used as noun.