Lombard
Northern Italian native
Lombard has several related meanings stemming from the medieval Germanic people who settled in northern Italy.
The Lombards gave their name to Lombardy, the region around Milan.
In medieval and Renaissance Europe, Lombard came to mean an Italian banker or moneylender, since northern Italians dominated European finance—hence Lombard Street, London's historic banking center.
In American slang, a Lombard is a financier or banker, sometimes with connotations of ruthlessness: Those Lombards on Wall Street only care about the bottom line.
A lombard or Lombard loan is a type of credit secured by pledged assets.
Provide money for
- lendingTemporary provision of resources
- usuryExtortionate money lending
- moneylenderOne providing loans
- pawnbrokerLender against personal property
merchant · credit · interest · medieval · exchange · loan · collateral · pledge
Of Teutonic language stock
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- migrationMovement to new territory
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
Italy · barbarian · conquest · duchy · Charlemagne · longbeard
Lombardy's capital city
- Po ValleyNorthern Italy's main plain
- BergamoNorthern Italian municipality
- regionalRelating to an area
- dialectRegional language variety
Milanese · Piedmont · Alpine · cathedral · Romanesque · architecture · polenta · risotto
Round-arched medieval building style
- bandsMusical performing groups
- archesWeight-bearing curved spans
- pilastersShallow rectangular wall projections
- corbelsProjecting wall supports
frieze · blind arcade · decorative · brickwork · medieval · church · campanile · apse
England's capital city
- financialRelating to money
- CityIncorporated urban area
- thoroughfareMain public road
- Bank of EnglandUK monetary authority
insurance · money market · clearing house · discount · Sterling
finance
Provide money for
- lendingTemporary provision of resources
- usuryExtortionate money lending
- moneylenderOne providing loans
pawnbroker · merchant · credit · interest · medieval · exchange · loan · collateral · pledge · banker
Germanic
Of Teutonic language stock
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- migrationMovement to new territory
- invasionForcible entry into territory
kingdom · Italy · barbarian · conquest · duchy · Charlemagne · longbeard
Milan
Lombardy's capital city
dialect · Milanese · Piedmont · Alpine · cathedral · Romanesque · architecture · polenta · risotto
Romanesque
Round-arched medieval building style
- bandsMusical performing groups
- archesWeight-bearing curved spans
- pilastersShallow rectangular wall projections
corbels · frieze · blind arcade · decorative · brickwork · medieval · church · campanile · apse · facade
London
England's capital city
- financialRelating to money
- CityIncorporated urban area
- thoroughfareMain public road
Bank of England · insurance · money market · clearing house · discount · Sterling
LombardSicilian
From Italy's largest island
Neapolitan · Calabrian · Sardinian · Tuscan · Roman
LombardWall Street
American finance hub
City of London · Main Street · provincial · debtor · borrower