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Lucknow

luck·now

UK/ˈlʌknaʊ/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

2.

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

Origin

Borrowed from Hindustani लखनऊ (lakhnaū) / لَکْھنَؤُ (lakhnaū); perhaps either derived from Sanskrit लक्ष्मणपुर (lakṣmaṇapura, “city of Lakshmana”), or perhaps from लक्ष्मणवती (lakṣmaṇavatī, “fortunate”).

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