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

He’d done one of his first readings in English at Harvard when I was in graduate school, and his poem “To Go to Lvov” — he read it in Polish and English — bowled me over.

From Washington Post

But he hopes that some of his books will be read for generations, like “The Girl in the Green Sweater,” which tells the story of a Holocaust survivor who hid in the sewers of Lvov, Poland, with her family for 14 months.

From New York Times

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

“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

Lvov, now Lviv in Ukraine, was a city fought over and conquered by Hapsburgs, Poles, Ukrainians and Russians.

From Washington Post