Lucknow

[ luhk-nou ]

noun

1. a city in and capital of Uttar Pradesh state, in N India: the British besieged it (1857) during the Sepoy Rebellion.

Lucknow

/ ˈlʌknaʊ /

noun

1. 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: 2 207 340 (2001)

Example Sentences

Sarwari Jahan is an Accredited Social Health Activist in her early 30s who works with a primary health clinic near Lucknow’s Jama Masjid.

From Quartz

Pratap Chandra, a resident of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, got himself tested for antibodies against Covid, 28 days after receiving the Covishield jab.

From Quartz

According to Variety, Netflix’s local productions are not only shut down in Mumbai, but also in Delhi and Lucknow.

From Quartz

On April 15, a traders’ association in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow announced a voluntarily shut down in some of the city’s main markets to break the Covid-19 chain.

From Quartz

Vinay Srivastava’s oxygen saturation level was dangerously low when he tweeted around 8 pm on April 16 to say that no hospital in Lucknow was responding to his phone calls.

From Quartz

Standing on the platform in Lucknow, Babbanji saw two trains waiting, one for Delhi and the other for Mumbai.

From The Daily Beast

The Afghan was true to his salt, and their own retainers, who had come with them from Lucknow, remained steadfast at this crisis.

From Project Gutenberg

Keep your spirits up and you may live to tell your grandchildren how you fought the rebels at Lucknow.

From Project Gutenberg

The feeble loyalty of the native regiments at Lucknow sufficed to keep all the borderland of Nepaul quiet for nearly two months.

From Project Gutenberg

A few minutes later an appalling explosion shook every house in Lucknow.

From Project Gutenberg

Since that hour there was no possible means of communicating with Lucknow, even though he had reached Allahabad safely.

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