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

    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