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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • 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 AD and part of Charlemagne's empire in 774. The Lombard League of cities defeated Emperor Frederick I in 1176.

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  • proper noun A region situated in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley.

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  • noun a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland

Etymologies

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

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