Lviv

See also: L'viv

English

Lviv Oblast

Lviv Raion

Alternative forms

• 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 (Lʹvow), 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)

(oblast):

• Lemberg region (now rare), Lviv Oblast

Translations

city in western Ukraine

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

• Armeno-Kipchak: Իլօվ (Ilōv)
• Asturian: Lviv m
• Bashkir: Илбау (İlbaw)
• Basque: Lviv
• Bavarian: Lemberg
• Belarusian: Львоў m (Lʹvow)
• 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), Ilyvó (hu), Lemberg (hu)
• Icelandic: Lvív
• Italian: Leopoli (it)
• Japanese: リヴィウ (Riviu)
• Karaim: İlov
• Kashubian: Lwew
• Korean: 리비프 (Ribipeu)
• 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
• Pannonian Rusyn: Львов m (Lʹvov)
• 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)
• Tatar: Илбау (İlbaw)
• Thai: ลวิว (lwiu)
• Turkish: Lviv, İlbav
• Ukrainian: Львів (uk) m (Lʹviv)
• Urdu: لیویو (leoyo)
• Venetan: Leopołi
• Yiddish: לעמבערג n (lemberg), לעמבעריק n (lemberik), לוואָוו (lvov)

oblast

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

See also

• (city): Lviv on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (raion): Lviv Raion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (oblast): Lviv Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (hromada): Lviv urban hromada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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 (a city, the administrative center of Lviv urban hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)

   Synonyms: Lemberga, Leópolis

   1. Lviv (an oblast in western Ukraine)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ukrainian Львів (Lʹviv).

Proper noun

Lviv

1. Lviv (a city in Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Lviv

	singular	plural
nominative	Lviv	Lvivler
accusative	Lviv'i	Lvivleri
dative	Lviv'e	Lvivlere
locative	Lviv'de	Lvivlerde
ablative	Lviv'den	Lvivlerden
genitive	Lviv'in	Lvivlerin

Possessive forms 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