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Where does “Lviv” come from?

Lviv (English) comes from Ukrainian Львів, from Old East Slavic Лвовъ.

Ancestry of “Lviv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianЛьвів—
2Old East SlavicЛвовъ—
Every word from Old East Slavic Лвовъ →