Lalage
A common name of courtesans, from the Greek word meaning prattling, used as a term of endearment, little prattler.
Langobardi or Longobardi. Corrupted into Lombards, a German tribe of the Suevic race, dwelt originally on the banks of the Elbe, and after many migrations eventually crossed the Alps A. D. 568, and settled in the north of Italy, which has ever since received the name of Lombardy.