Lviv

Lviv

See also: L'viv

English

Lviv Oblast

Lviv Raion

Alternative forms

• L’viv, L'viv
• L’viv, L'vov, Lvov (from Russian)

Etymology

From Ukrainian Львів (Lʹviv), from Old East Slavic Лвовъ (Lvovŭ) or Львовъ (Lĭvovŭ), originally named after the founder's son, Левъ (Levŭ), Lev I of Galicia (ca. 1228 – ca. 1301).

Compare Belarusian Львоў (Lʹvoŭ), Polish Lwów, Russian Львов (Lʹvov), Slovak Ľvov, Middle Armenian Իլով (Ilov), Armeno-Kipchak Իլօվ (Ilōv). Also compare Old East Slavic Льва городъ (Lĭva gorodŭ, literally “Lev's city”), Greek Λεόπολις (Leópolis) or Λεοντόπολις (Leontópolis), Latin Leopolis and German Lemberg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈviːv/

Proper noun

Lviv

1. A city and raion, the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.
2. An oblast in western Ukraine.

Synonyms

• L'vov, L’vov, Lvov (from Russian)
• Lwów, Lwow, L'wow (from Polish)

(city):

• Lemberg (historical) (from German)
• Leopolis (historical) (from Latin)

(province):

• Lviv Oblast

Translations

city in western Ukraine

Arabic: لْفِيف‎ m (lfīf) Hijazi Arabic: لفيف / لڤيڤ‎ f (lvīv, livīv) Armenian: Լվով (hy) (Lvov), Իլով (Ilov), Իլվով (Ilvov) Middle Armenian: Իլով (Ilov) Bavarian: Lemberg Belarusian: Львоў m (Lʹvoŭ) Bulgarian: Лвов m (Lvov) Chinese: Mandarin: 利沃夫 (zh) (Lìwòfū) Crimean Tatar: İlbav Czech: Lvov (cs) m Danish: Lviv Finnish: Lviv (fi) French: Lviv (fr) m Georgian: ლვოვი (lvovi) German: Lemberg (de) n, Lwiw (de) n Alemannic German: Lemberg Hebrew: לְבוֹב‎ (ləvov) Hungarian: Lviv Italian: Leopoli (it) Japanese: リヴィウ (Riviu) Kipchak: Իլօվ (Ilōv) Korean: 리비우 (Ribiu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: لڤیڤ‎ (lvîv) Latin: Leopolis Latvian: Ļvova m Lithuanian: Lvivas m Lombard: Leopul Macedonian: Лавов m (Lavov) Polish: Lwów (pl) m Portuguese: Levive, Lviv f, Lvov f, Lemberga f, Leópolis (pt) f Rhine Franconian: Lembärsch Romanian: Liov Russian: Львов (ru) m (Lʹvov) Rusyn: Львів (Lʹviv) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Лавов m Roman: Lavov m Sicilian: Liòpuli Silesian: Lwůw m Slovak: Ľvov m Slovene: Lvov m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Lawow m Spanish: Lviv (es) m, Leópolis (es) Swedish: Lviv (sv) Turkish: Lviv, İlbav Ukrainian: Львів (uk) m (Lʹviv) Yiddish: לעמבערג‎ n (lemberg), לעמבעריק‎ n (lemberik)

oblast

Belarusian: Льво́ўская во́бласць f (Lʹvóŭskaja vóblascʹ) Polish: Obwód lwowski f Russian: Льво́вская о́бласть (ru) f (Lʹvóvskaja óblastʹ) Ukrainian: Льві́вська о́бласть (uk) f (Lʹvívsʹka óblastʹ)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Lvov

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈvi.v(ɨ)/

Proper noun

Lviv

1. Lviv, Lvov (an oblast in western Ukraine)
2. Lviv, Lvov (a city and municipality, the administrative center of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)

   Synonyms: Lemberga, Leópolis