Lombard Street

English

Etymology

A London street, the site of a colony of Lombard Jewish merchants and moneylenders who settled there in the 13th century.

Proper noun

Lombard Street

1. The money and capital market of London.
   • 1873, Walter Bagehot, Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market:

     Lombard Street is thus a perpetual agent between the two great divisions of England

Derived terms

• Lombard Street to a China orange

Translations

money and capital market of London

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倫巴第街／伦巴第街, 伦巴第街 (Lúnbādì Jiē)

• Finnish: Lombard Street
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• French: Lombard Street
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