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.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