Definitions

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  • proper noun A medieval city in western Ukraine, administrative centre of Lviv province.
  • proper noun Lviv province (oblast), in western Ukraine.

Etymologies

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From Ukrainian Львів (L’viv) < Old East Slavic Лвовъ (Lvovъ) or Львовъ (L’vovъ), originally named after the founder's son, Лев (Lev), Lev I of Galicia (ca. 1228 – ca. 1301).

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Examples

  • The Interfax news agency reported that in Lviv, Yushchenko's stronghold in western Ukraine, about 20 police guarding a regional Interior Ministry building wore orange armbands.

    11/23/2004 2004

  • In fact, Yanukovych received less than 10% of the vote in Lviv.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Shroud of Torino 2010

  • Lviv, December 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has launched the first city rail bus in Lviv, which is intended to ease traffic congestion in the city's downtown.

    www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • Lviv, December 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has launched the first city rail bus in Lviv, which is intended to ease traffic congestion in the city's downtown.

    www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • Pavlo Solodko, “The Bin Ladin Business” in Ukrainian, Lviv Halytski Kontrakty, no. 45, pp.

    House of Bush, House of Saud Craig Unger 2004

  • Pavlo Solodko, “The Bin Ladin Business” in Ukrainian, Lviv Halytski Kontrakty, no. 45, pp.

    House of Bush, House of Saud Craig Unger 2004

  • If you go to any of the cities of this region, such as Lviv, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, the Austro-Hungarian past is almost held up as a historical high point.

    Spero News 2010

  • He - which is about 60 or 70 miles, I think, I may be wrong, from what was then Lemberg, it is now Lviv.

    Philip Roth: On Writing, Aging And 'Nemesis' 2010

  • Yuriy Dyachyshyn/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Homeless people ate in a tent shelter in the Ukrainian city of Lviv Wednesday.

    Cold Spell Freezes Eastern Europe 2012

  • Gleb Garanich/Reuters POLICE BARRICADE: Police blocked off a World War II memorial to prevent clashes between members of Ukrainian nationalist organizations and pro-Victory Day supporters in Lviv, Ukraine, Monday.

    Photos of the Day: May 9 2011

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