Lvov

American  

[lvawf] / lvɔf /

noun

1. the Russian name of Lviv.

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Lvov British  

/ ljvɔf /

noun

1. German name: Lemberg.  Polish name: Lwów.  Ukrainian name: Lviv.  an industrial city in W Ukraine: it has belonged to Poland (1340–1772; 1919–39), Austria (1772–1918), Germany (1939–45), and the Soviet Union (1945–91); Ukrainian cultural centre, with a university (1661). Pop: 719 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Wearing a good-luck ring that her sister had fashioned out of wire, Chepyk took a train to Lvov, a bus to Berlin and finally a train to Amsterdam, accompanied by ballet acquaintances along the way.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022

“For now, it is just sanctions and no action,” said Yulia Sayko, 24, a medical student in Milan whose family live near Lvov, near the Polish border.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022

Hundreds of reporters and television cameras are in Donetsk, Lvov, and other Ukrainian cities hosting matches.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 14, 2012

A Polish laborer hiding Jews in the sewers of Lvov.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2012

Surely not in Kiev, or Lvov, or Warsaw.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr