Lombardi

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English

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Etymology

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From an Italian surname.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: lŏm-bärʹdē

Proper noun

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Lombardi (plural Lombardis)

  1. A surname from Italian
    1. (American football) used specifically of Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), best known as the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.
      • 2017 February 14, Jason Chilton, “Salt Lake Screaming Eagles prepare to test their fan-run franchise model in debut game”, in Sports Illustrated:
        Lombardi. ¶ Walsh. ¶ Shanahan. ¶ Steve from West Valley? ¶ The world is about to find out whether regular fans can take their place alongside the greatest offensive minds in the annals of professional football.
      • 1998 June 4, “Superhuman heroes”, in The Economist:
        If coming second is coming nowhere, as all sports-people tend to to be taught (remember the words of Mr Lombardi), then this is most true in those individual sports where careers tend to be brief, and opportunities to win fewest.
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lombardi.
  2. (American football) A trophy awarded each year to the winning team of the National Football League's championship game, named in honor of Vince Lombardi.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lomˈbar.di/
  • Rhymes: -ardi
  • Hyphenation: Lom‧bàr‧di

Proper noun

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Lombardi m or f by sense

  1. a surname