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Lviv
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L'viv or Lviv  (l-vv, l-vw) or L'vov or Lvov (l-vôv, -vôf)
A city of west-central Ukraine near the Polish border. Founded in 1256, it was captured by Poland in 1340, passed to Austria in 1772, and was retaken by Poland in 1918. The city was ceded to the USSR in 1945. Population: 734,000.
Lviv [lvif]
n
(Placename) an industrial city in the 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.: 793 700 (1998 est.) Russian name Lviv Polish name Lwów German name Lemberg
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