Lombardia
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- proper noun
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Lombardía
- Maybe I can see how this pays off in Lombardia and next year in the classics.
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I love the races in Belgium, in particular the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen). Paris Roubaix, along with the Giro di Lombardia, are my favorite Monuments.
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Paris Roubaix, along with the Giro di Lombardia, are my favorite Monuments.
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Overnight in the Lombardia region.
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In short, we'll spend 10 days eating and drinking our way through the Piemonte and Lombardia regions in Northern Italy.
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That's a very good thing, because Katusha Team aims for a great result in the Giro di Lombardia, the last Monument classic race of the season.
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Upon arrival in Italy, my and Popovych's paths separated since he joined the Ukraine National track team, which actually trained in Italy, in Covo in Lombardia.
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By the way, in Italy, the effect of that is that there are 30,000 Guardie Forestali in Sicily (out of 5 million people), 17,000 in Calabria (out of 2 million people), and 600 in Lombardia (out of 10 million people).
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Irish rider Dan Martin is one of the outsiders for today's world road race championships, but as his second place in last year's Giro di Lombardia proved, when he's on good form, he's one of the best hilly Classics riders in the bunch.
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Mobility in Lombardy is substantial, with the highest percentage in Italy (53%) of residents commuting daily to workplaces or schools, half of them out of their residence municipality (Regione Lombardia 2004). Levels of air pollution vary throughout the region.
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The Lombardia region is famous for its beautiful lakes and rich cultural heritage.
Synonyms
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A region in northern Italy that includes Milan and famous lakes
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Etymology
Lombardia gets its name from the people called the Longobards, an old group from northern Europe whose name meant 'long beards'. So Lombardia originally meant 'land of the Longobards', which helps explain why this northern Italian region still carries that historic name.