Lombardes

Lombardes (FR N-F PL) women of Lombardy (in present-day northern Italy). The region of Lombardy, nestled against the foothills of the Alps, includes the cities of Milan, Bellaggio, Varenna, Tremezzo, Bergamo (commedia dell'arte), Mantova, Cremona (violon), Pavia, Varese, Lecco, Brescia, and Lodi, and lakes Como and Maggiore. (Villon)