Lev or LEV may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Lev (given name) Lev (Greek language, Greek Λέων meaning "lion") is a male Slavic name of Greek origin. The name is also common in Jewish communities and means "heart" in Hebrew and appears as "Leyb" in Yiddish. Common in Russia. The name was brought to Russ ...

Lev (surname) Lev is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: People * Elena Lev (born 1981), Cirque du Soleil performer * Gabriella Lev, theatre director, writer and performer * Jakub Lev (born 1990), Czech ice hockey player * Jaroslav Lev of Rožmi ...

Places

Lev, Azerbaijan Lev (Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani and ; ) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The medieval Armenian Handaberd fortress and monastery are located near the village. History According to medieval Armenian sources, Lev has b ...

, a village *

Lev (crater) Lev is a tiny lunar crater located in the southeast part of the Mare Crisium in the east of the lunar near side. The crater is located between the larger crater Fahrenheit to the northwest and the wrinkle ridge Dorsa Harker to the southeast. The ...

, a tiny lunar crater

Religion

*an abbreviation for Leviticus, the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the Torah *Lay eucharistic visitor, an

extraordinary minister of Holy Communion An extraordinary minister of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church is, under the 1983 ''Code of Canon Law'', "an acolyte, or another of Christ's faithful deputed", in certain extraordinary circumstances, to distribute Holy Communion. The term ...

approved by a church (usually Episcopalian or Lutheran) to bring Communion to the homebound *Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the

Vatican Publishing House The Vatican Publishing House (; ; LEV) is a publisher established by the Holy See in 1926. It is responsible for publishing official documents of the Roman Catholic Church, including Papal bulls, event records, and encyclicals, as well as certai ...

Transportation

Leyland Experimental Vehicle British Rail produced a variety of railbuses, both as a means of acquiring new rolling stock cheaply, and to provide economical services on lightly used lines. Terminology Railbuses are a very lightweight type of railcar designed specifically ...

, a type of British experimental railbus *Light electric vehicle, an

electric bicycle An electric bicycle, e-bike, electrically assisted pedal cycle, or electrically power assisted cycle is a bicycle with an integrated electric motor used to assist propulsion. Many kinds of e-bikes are available worldwide, but they generally fa ...

Low emission vehicle A low-emission vehicle is a motor vehicle that emits relatively low levels of motor vehicle emissions. The term may be used in a general sense, but in some countries it is defined in air quality statutes. Different groups of people ("go greens", "g ...

, a motor vehicle that emits relatively low levels of motor vehicle emissions *Lunar Excursion Vehicle, an early name for the

Apollo Lunar Module The Apollo Lunar Module (LM ), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program. It was the first crewed sp ...

Political and other

* Lesser evil voting (LEV) *

Lev (political party) Lev () was a short-lived political faction in Israel, existing for only several minutes during the 15th Knesset on 6 November 2002. Background After Ariel Sharon formed a coalition government with the Centre Party in 2001 following his victor ...

, a now-defunct political party in Israel *

LEV (cable system) LEV is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea linking Italy, Cyprus and Israel. It has landing points in: # Mazara del Vallo, Province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy # Yeroskipou near Paphos, Cyprus #Tel Aviv, Israel ...

, a submarine cable system linking countries in the eastern Mediterranean *''

Lev! Lev! (Swedish for ''Live!'') is a long glass artwork in the pedestrian and bicycle tunnel between the Railway Station Square in central Umeå and Haga District in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nord ...

'', a Swedish glass artwork *

Bulgarian lev The ''lev'' (, plural: / , ; ISO 4217 code: BGN; numeric code: 975) is the currency of Bulgaria. In old Bulgarian, the word ''lev'' meant "lion"; the word "lion" in the modern language is ''lаv'' (; in Bulgarian: ). The lev is divided in 100 '' ...

, the currency of Bulgaria *

HC Lev Praha Hockey Club Lev Praha (stylized as HC LEV Praha) was a professional ice hockey team located in Prague, Czech Republic, which played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. In their two seasons played, Le ...

, a professional ice hockey team in the Czech Republic *

HC Lev Poprad Hockey Club Lev Poprad (Lion), was a professional ice hockey team and a former member of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) based in Poprad, Slovakia. The Lev existed for only one year, playing in the 2011–12 KHL season. History The team wa ...

, a Kontinental Hockey League based in Poprad, Slovakia, in the 2011–2012 season *

Laborious Extra-Orbital Vehicle ''Zone of the Enders'' is a video game franchise created by Hideo Kojima and Konami that focuses around combat in space with mecha called Orbital Frames. The original ''Zone of the Enders'' was released for the PlayStation 2 in March 2001. A s ...

, a mecha from the video game ''Zone of the Enders'' *Local exhaust ventilation, the process of "changing" or replacing air to improve indoor air quality; see *

Longevity escape velocity In the life extension movement, longevity escape velocity (LEV), actuarial escape velocity or biological escape velocity is a hypothetical situation in which one's remaining life expectancy (not ''life expectancy at birth'') is extended longer t ...

, a hypothetical situation wherein the average human lifespan grows faster than time passes

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