Lemberg

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Lemberg. === Proper noun === Lemberg (countable and uncountable, plural Lembergs) (countable) A surname from German. (chiefly historical) Synonym of Lviv (a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). (now rare) Synonym of Lviv (an oblast of Ukraine). ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Lemberg is the 35866th 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. See Löwe, Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, Latin leo, all meaning "lion," and Berg (“hill, mountain”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛmbɛʁk/ === Proper noun === Lemberg n (proper noun, genitive Lembergs or (optionally with an article) Lemberg) (historical) Lemberg (Lviv, a city in Galicia, western Ukraine) Synonym: Lwiw ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Lemberger Lembergerin lembergisch ==== Descendants ==== English: Lemberg Portuguese: Lemberga === Further reading === “Lemberg” in Duden online “Lemberg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon