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Lemberg

American  
[lem-burg, lem-berk] / ˈlɛm bɜrg, ˈlɛmˌbɛrk /

noun

  1. the German name of Lviv.


Lemberg British  
/ ˈlɛmbɛrk /

noun

  1. the German name for Lvov

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Glutamine is a building block for proteins and many other large molecules that cancer cells need to grow, proliferate, survive and potentially spread," Lemberg says.

From Science Daily Dec. 1, 2023

The name may evoke a stinky cheese, but it’s actually a German name denoting the Austrian town of Lemberg, from where the variety was exported to Germany.

From Washington Post Jan. 5, 2023

Lviv was called Lemberg then and was a city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, home to a cosmopolitan mix of Poles, Ukrainians, Russians and other nationalities from across the empire.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2022

The police report, said Lemberg, supported holding GM responsible.

From Seattle Times Jan. 25, 2018

Kofler, Carl, born in Lemberg, 1820, was baptized with his parents at Breslau in 1822, graduated at the University there, and was appointed Vicar in Bad Lardeck in Silesia in 1851.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

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