Lviv
//ləˈviːv// name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city and raion, the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.
- 2 An oblast in western Ukraine.
Example
More examples"The clock on the Lviv Town Hall was first installed in the year 1404."
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.
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