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Definition of Lombardy

1. Noun. A region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland.

Definition of Lombardy

1. Proper noun. A region situated in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lombardy

Literary usage of Lombardy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Sir Edward Hertslet (1875)
"Transfer of Lombardy by France to Sardinia. Cession of Lombardy to France, except Fortresses of Peschiera and Mantua. Line of Frontier. ..."

2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"Lombardy is one of the ... The foil of Lombardy is, wherever I viewed it, either fand, gravel, or loam. I met with none, ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1779)
"The Laiu cf Lombardy ; a ... The characters in the tragedy of the Law of Lombardy, are but poorly ..."

4. The Lombard Communes: A History of the Republics of North Italy by William Francis Thomas Butler (1906)
"Conrad received the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Monza, and the ceremony was afterwards repeated at ... This city was now by far the most powerful in Lombardy, ..."

5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1860)
"The Emperor Napoleon also addressed from Milan the following proclamation to the inhabitants of Lombardy, on the same day:— " Italians, — The fortune of war ..."

6. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"Vote of the Subalpine Parliament Accepting the Vote of Lombardy and the ... The immediate union of Lombardy and of the Provinces of Padua, Vicenza, Treviso, ..."

7. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"Yet the heretic Church stubbornly held its own, though with greatly diminished numbers. Many of its members fled to Lombardy, where, even after the death of ..."

8. A History of Italian Unity: Being a Political History of Italy from 1814 to 1871 by Bolton King (1912)
"Early in the Congress Piedmont made a bid for Lombardy; but though five years before the Allies had arranged to give it to her, she now found herself ..."

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