# Lviv

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ləˈviːv/ · frequency rank #40,331

## Definitions
1. A city and raion, the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.
2. An oblast in western Ukraine.

## Etymology
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), . Also compare Old East Slavic Льва городъ (Lĭva gorodŭ, literally “Lev's city”), Greek Λεόπολις (Leópolis) or Λεοντόπολις (Leontópolis), Latin Leopolis and German Lemberg.

## Easily confused with
- **li** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/li-vs-lviv)
- **LV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lv-vs-lviv)
- **lie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lie-vs-lviv)
- **lit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lit-vs-lviv)
- **lip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lip-vs-lviv)
- **lil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lil-vs-lviv)
- **Liz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liz-vs-lviv)
- **lid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lid-vs-lviv)
- **lin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lin-vs-lviv)
- **lib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lib-vs-lviv)
- **Liu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liu-vs-lviv)
- **Liv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liv-vs-lviv)
- **lim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lim-vs-lviv)
- **lai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lai-vs-lviv)
- **lei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lei-vs-lviv)
- **lev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lev-vs-lviv)
- **lis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lis-vs-lviv)
- **luv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luv-vs-lviv)
- **Lui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lui-vs-lviv)
- **LIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lic-vs-lviv)

## Common misspellings (6)
`livv`, `llviv`, `lvivv`, `lvvi`, `lvviv`, `vliv`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lviv