Lviv.
A city, the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.
Meaning & usage
A city, the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. A miskrada of the raion of the same name of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
A city, the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. An oblast in western Ukraine, established in December 1939.
A city, the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. An urban hromada of Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, established in July 2020.
A city, the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. A raion of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, established in July 2020.
A city, the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. A railway station in Lviv, Ukraine, opened in 1904
Numerous villages in Ukraine: A village in Pervomaisk Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast.
Numerous villages in Ukraine: A village in Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Where this word comes from
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.
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