Lvov

[ Russian lvawf ]
/ Russian lvɔf /

noun

a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
German Lemberg. Polish Lwów [lvoof] /lvuf/. Ukrainian Lviv [lveef] /lvif/.

British Dictionary definitions for lwów (1 of 2)

Lwów
/ (lvuf) /

noun

the Polish name for Lvov

British Dictionary definitions for lwów (2 of 2)

Lvov
/ (ljvɔf) /

noun

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) Ukrainian name: Lviv Polish name: Lwów German name: Lemberg