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Lucknow
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Luck·now  (lknou)
A city of north-central India east-southeast of Delhi. Once the capital of the kingdom of Oudh (1775-1856), it was besieged for five months during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Population: 2,200,000.

Lucknow [ˈlʌknaʊ]
n
(Placename) a city in N India, capital of Uttar Pradesh: capital of Oudh (1775-1856); the British residency was besieged (1857) during the Indian Mutiny. Pop.: 1 619 115 (1991)
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Noun1.Lucknow - a city in northern India in Uttar PradeshLucknow - a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
2.Lucknow - the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947


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Sir Cliff, who was born in Lucknow, India, and spent part of his childhood there, praised the modern cuisine as "outstanding".
Speaking from Lucknow, India, her brother Amir said: "We're disappointed with the minimum term of 15 years after the trail of destruction that Khan left when he killed my sister in front of her son.
Anil Agarwal and colleagues of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, India, found that patients who gargled with licorice before surgery had fewer problems with postoperative sore throat and cough.
 
 
 
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