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lucknow
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lucknow has 2 senses
- lucknow(n = noun.location) - a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents; is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center
- lucknow(n = noun.act) - the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857); is a kind of beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege
is a part of bharat, india, republic of india
CIDE DICTIONARY
lucknow, n.
A city in India, the site of the Indian Mutiny (1857) when the British were beseiged. [WordNet 1.5]
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