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L'viv (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 024 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 24.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Taken by Poles in 1340; passed to Austrians 1772; given back to Poland in 1919; captured by Soviet Union in 1939; products include buses, machinery, bicycles & televisions; is important publishing center. |
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| L'viv (preferred,C,V)
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| L'vov (C,V)
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| Lviv (C,V,English)
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| Lvov (C,V)
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| Lvyv (C,V)
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| Lwów (C,O,Polish,U,N)
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| Lwow (C,O)
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| Lemberg (C,O,English-P)
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| Lemberg (German,U,N)
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| Lembergeri (C,O)
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| Leopol (C,O)
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| Львів (C,V,Ukrainian,U)
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| Львігород (C,V)
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| לעמבערג (C,V,Yiddish,U)
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| Львов (C,V,Russian,U)
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| למברג (לבוב) (C,U,Hebrew )
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| למברג (C,U,Hebrew )
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| לבוב (C,U,English)
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L'viv (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Prince Daniel Romanovich of Galicia 1256 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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