Lviv

See also: L'viv

English

Lviv Oblast

Lviv Raion

Alternative forms

• 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

• Albanian: Lvivi
• Amharic: ልቪቭ (ləviv)
• Arabic: لْفِيف m (lfīf), لْفُوف (lfūf)

  Egyptian Arabic: لفيف

  Hijazi Arabic: لفيف f (lfīf, lvīv)

• Aragonese: Lviv m
• Armenian: Լվով (hy) (Lvov), Իլով (Ilov), Իլվով (Ilvov)

  Middle Armenian: Իլով (Ilov)

• Asturian: Lviv m
• Basque: Lviv
• Bavarian: Lemberg
• Belarusian: Львоў m (Lʹvoŭ)
• Bengali: লিভিউ (libhiu)
• Bulgarian: Лвов m (Lvov)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Львів (Lʹviv)
• Catalan: Lviv m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利沃夫 (zh) (Lìwòfū)

• Crimean Tatar: İlbav
• Czech: Lvov (cs) m
• Danish: Lviv
• Dutch: Lviv (nl) n
• Esperanto: Lvivo
• Farefare: Liviu, Leopoli
• Finnish: Lviv (fi)
• French: Lviv (fr) m
• Galician: Lviv m
• Georgian: ლვოვი (lvovi)
• German: Lemberg (de) n, Lwiw (de) n

  Alemannic German: Lemberg

• Greek: Λβιβ (el) (Lviv), Λεόπολις (Leópolis), Λεοντόπολις (Leontópolis)

  Ancient Greek: Λεόπολις f (Leópolis)

• Hebrew: לְבוֹב (he) (ləvov)
• Hindi: ल्विव (lviv)
• Hungarian: Lviv (hu)
• Icelandic: Lvív
• Italian: Leopoli (it)
• Japanese: リヴィウ (Riviu)
• Kipchak: Իլօվ (Ilōv)
• Korean: 리비우 (Ribiu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: لڤیڤ (lvîv)

• Lao: ລະວີຟ (la wīp)
• Latin: Leopolis
• Latvian: Ļvova m
• Lithuanian: Lvivas m
• Lombard: Leopul
• Macedonian: Лавов m (Lavov)
• Malayalam: ലിവിവ് (livivŭ)
• Marathi: ल्विव (lviv)
• Occitan: Lviv m
• Old English: Lembeorg
• Persian: لویو
• 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)
• 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)
• Tajik: Лвив (Lviv)
• Tamil: லிவீவ் (livīv)
• Thai: ลวิว (lwiu)
• Turkish: Lviv, İlbav
• Ukrainian: Львів (uk) m (Lʹviv)
• Urdu: لیویو (leoyo)
• Venetian: Leopołi
• Yiddish: לעמבערג n (lemberg), לעמבעריק n (lemberik)

oblast

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Lvov

Etymology

From Ukrainian Львів (Lʹviv); the form in -ov is from Russian Львов (Lʹvov).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lviv n

1. Lviv, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.

Further reading

• Lviv on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Lvov

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈvi.vɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈvi.vɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈbi.bɨ/ [lɨˈβi.βɨ]

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ukrainian Львів (Lʹviv).

Proper noun

Lviv

1. Lviv (a city in Ukraine)

Declension

    declension of Lviv

	singular	plural
nominative	Lviv	Lvivler / Lviv'ler
accusative	Lviv'i	Lvivleri / Lviv'leri
dative	Lviv'e	Lvivlere / Lviv'lere
locative	Lviv'de	Lvivlerde / Lviv'lerde
ablative	Lviv'den	Lvivlerden / Lviv'lerden
genitive	Lviv'in	Lvivlerin / Lviv'lerin

    possessive of Lviv

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Lviv'im	Lvivlerim / Lviv'lerim
senin (your)	Lviv'in	Lvivlerin / Lviv'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Lviv'i	Lvivleri / Lviv'leri
bizim (our)	Lviv'imiz	Lvivlerimiz / Lviv'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Lviv'iniz	Lvivleriniz / Lviv'leriniz
onların (their)	Lviv'i / Lvivleri / Lviv'leri	Lvivleri / Lviv'leri