Lombardy

From Latin Langobardia, named after Langobards, a Germanic tribe that invaded the region along with much of northern Apennine Peninsula in 6th century.

administrative region
administrative region

An administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley.


Milan

Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolanaburg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city.

A city in northern Italy; capital of Lombardy.

A metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy, the province surrounding the city.

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Dodge County and Telfair County, Georgia.

Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County#English

A city in Monroe County and Washtenaw County, Michigan.

A city, the county seat of Sullivan County, Missouri.


Lombard

From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard”), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (“a Lombard”), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long + beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). Doublet of Langobard. Compare longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).

(historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.


Lombard

en-proper noun

Lombard (countable and uncountable, plural Lombards)

A Romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland.

Broadwater County
Broadwater County#English

A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.


Lombard

en-adj

Lombard (comparative more Lombard, superlative most Lombard)

more Lombard (comparative)
most Lombard (superlative)

Of or relating to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.


Milanese

—the waiter was a Milanese, and ardently patriotic—

Finally, the first maestro to have been both a Milanese and a product of the studio, Giovanni Battista Cesati, served from before 1655, publishing a motet book, until he was called to Bologna in summer 1658.

2002, Robert L. Kendrick, The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 66:

Indeed, in Milan, everyday conversations and practices of relating, attunement, and distancing between inhabitants also partake in wider discourses concerning who is a “Milanese” and what the Milanese share.

2015 March 27, Cristina Moretti, Milanese Encounters: Public Space and Vision in Contemporary Urban Italy, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12: