Lviv

See also: L'viv

English

Alternative forms

• Lvov
• L’viv

Etymology

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

Compare Belarusian Львоў (Lʹvoŭ), Polish Lwów, Russian Львов (Lʹvov), Slovak Ľvov. Also compare Old East Slavic Льва город (Lĭva gorod, “Lev's city”), Greek Λεόπολις (Leópolis) or Λεοντόπολις (Leontópolis), Latin Leopolis and German Lemberg.

Proper noun

Lviv

1. A medieval city in western Ukraine, administrative centre of Lviv province.
2. Lviv province (oblast), in western Ukraine.

Synonyms

• L’vov, Lvov
• Lwów, Lwow
• Lemberg (historical)
• Leopolis (historical)
• (province): Lviv Oblast

Translations

Lviv

• Arabic: لْفِيف m (lfīf)
• Armenian: Լվով (hy) (Lvov)
• Bavarian: Lemberg
• Belarusian: Львоў m (Lʹvoŭ)
• Bulgarian: Лвов m (Lvov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利沃夫 (zh) (Lìwòfū)

• Czech: Lvov (cs) m
• Danish: Lviv
• Finnish: Lviv (fi)
• French: Lviv (fr) m
• Georgian: ლვოვი (lvovi)
• German: Lemberg (de) n, Lwiw n

  Alemannic German: Lemberg

• Hebrew: לְבוֹב (ləvov)
• Italian: Leopoli (it)
• Japanese: リヴィウ (Riviu)
• Korean: 리비우 (Ribiu)
• Latin: Leopolis
• Latvian: Ļvova m
• Lithuanian: Lvivas m
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• Lombard: Leopul
• Macedonian: Лвов m (Lvov)
• Polish: Lwów (pl) m
• Portuguese: Lviv f, Lvov f, Lemberg f, Leópolis (pt) f
• Rhine Franconian: Lembärsch
• 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
• Swedish: Lviv (sv)
• Ukrainian: Львів (uk) m (Lʹviv)
• Yiddish: לעמבערג n (lemberg), לעמבעריק n (lemberik)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Lvov

Proper noun

Lviv f

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

Synonyms

• (city in Ukraine): Lemberg, Leópolis