Lviv
/ləˈviːv/
Lviv proper noun: a miskrada of the raion of the same name of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
Proper noun
Lviv
- A miskrada of the raion of the same name of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
- An oblast in western Ukraine, established in December 1939.
- An urban hromada of Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, established in July 2020.
- A raion of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, established in July 2020.
- A railway station in Lviv, Ukraine, opened in 1904
- A village in Pervomaisk Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast.
- A village in Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Lviv meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Lviv in Hindi
- city in western Ukraine
- ल्विव lviv
Lviv in Tamil
- city in western Ukraine
- லிவீவ் livīv
Lviv in Marathi
- city in western Ukraine
- ल्विव lviv
- oblast
- ल्विव lviv
Lviv in Urdu
- city in western Ukraine
- لیویو leoyo
More languagesFewer languages
- Lviv in Bengali
- লিভিউ libhiu
- Lviv in Malayalam
- ലിവിവ് livivŭ
- Lviv in Arabic
- لْفِيف lfīf, لْفُوف lfūf
- Lviv in Persian
- لویو
- Lviv in Thai
- ลวิว lwiu
Synonyms of Lviv
Forms of Lviv
| alternative form | L'viv |
|---|---|
| alternative form | L'vov |
| alternative form | Lvov |
Origin of Lviv
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.
Words that rhyme with Lviv
45 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- grieve
- Kharkiv
- breve
- conceive
- naive
- neve
- Pishchiv
- weave
- keeve
- Neave
- Piskiv
- reeve
- screeve
- skeeve
- aggrieve
- beleave
- French leave
- greave
- interweave
- perceive
- reave
- seave
- sheave
- shrieve
- sleave
- steeve
- steve
- take French leave
- Abib
- beeve
- deceive
- dreve
- Dutch leave
- eave
- gneeve
- khedive
- nieve
- peeve
- preconceive
- rebelieve
- reperceive
- thieve
- transceive
- we've
- Yves
Questions about Lviv
- What does Lviv mean?
- Lviv means a miskrada of the raion of the same name of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
- What is Lviv in Hindi?
- Lviv in Hindi is ल्विव (lviv). See Lviv meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Lviv?
- Lviv is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Lviv?
- Lviv is pronounced /ləˈviːv/.
Words near Lviv in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Lviv (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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