Lev, Azerbaijan

Coordinates: 40°15′37″N 46°06′20″E / 40.26028°N 46.10556°E / 40.26028; 46.10556

Lev
Lev
Coordinates: 40°15′37″N 46°06′20″E / 40.26028°N 46.10556°E / 40.26028; 46.10556
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Kalbajar
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT, AMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

Lev (Azerbaijani and Kurdish: Lev; Armenian: Լեւոնի Գիւղ, romanized: Lewoni Giwġ, lit. 'Levon's Village') is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.

Demographics[]

The village had been populated by Azerbaijanis until the karabakh war.

History[]

The village was in possession of an Armenian monastery until 1913 when it was destroyed by Soviet authorities.^[1]

There is an ancient Albanian fortress called Lek in the village. Azerbaijani sources suggest that the word "Lök" shifted into "Löy" and thus later became known as Lev or Levon.^[2]

References[]

• Lev, Azerbaijan at GEOnet Names Server
• T.X. Hakobyan: Հայաստանի եւ հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան, Երեւանի Համալսարանի Հրատարակչություն, Երեւան, 1988

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