Lemberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lemberg.

Proper noun

Lemberg (countable and uncountable, plural Lembergs)

1. (countable) A surname from German.
2. (historical) Synonym of Lviv, Lvov (a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maalouf is the 35866^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 626 individuals. Lemberg is most common among White (95.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lemberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 420.

German

Etymology

Assimilated from Lebenberg, Lewenberg, Levenberg, also Lehmberg, Lewberg, all forms also valid for Löwenberg in Schlesien, as also for Löwenberg castles in various places of the German language area, not always well distinguishable in chronicles; in the Galician case the lion is Leo I of Galicia, in a Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmbɛʁk/

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Proper noun

Lemberg n (proper noun, genitive Lembergs or (optionally with an article) Lemberg)

1. Lemberg (Lviv, a city in Galicia, western Ukraine)

Descendants

• English: Lemberg
• Portuguese: Lemberga

Further reading

• “Lemberg” in Duden online
• “Lemberg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lemberg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon