Associations to the word «Lucknow»

Wiktionary

LUCKNOW, proper noun. State capital of Uttar Pradesh (India).
LUCKNOW DIVISION, proper noun. One of the administrative divisions of the Republic of India

Dictionary definition

LUCKNOW, noun. A city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents.
LUCKNOW, noun. The British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857).

Wise words

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