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LUCKNOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lucknow mean? 

LUCKNOW (noun)
  The noun LUCKNOW has 2 senses:

1. a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgentsplay

2. the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)play

  Familiarity information: LUCKNOW used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LUCKNOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Lucknow" is a part of...):

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)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)

Domain region:

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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