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Historical Lombardy
Lombardy (''Lombardia'', ''Lombardia storega'' or ''Granda Lombardia'' in Lombard language, Lombard), also called ''Historical Lombardy'' or ''Great Lombardy'', is a toponym referring to the historical region, greater than the modern Lombardy, Italian administrative region, which culturally, linguistically and politically has been historically considered Lombard. Lombardy was once used to indicate the whole Gallo-Romance languages, Gallo-Romance speaking area in nowadays Northern Italy, deriving from the word ''Langobardia'' (''Langobardia Major, Langobardia Maior'' in the case of the North), the Latin name for the Italian territories conquered by the Lombards, ancient Lombards. Over time, the definition of Lombardy shrank: Dante Alighieri, in his De vulgari eloquentia, recognised the autonomy of Romagna and Genoa from Lombardy. Since the 1400s Piedmont became more and more culturally autonomous from the rest of Lombardy, and by the 1600s there was basically the partition between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Cities Of The Lombard Leagues
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a Club (organization), club or learned society See also * * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
