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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents
2: the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)

Merriam Webster's

geographical name city N India ESE of Delhi capital of Uttar Pradesh population 1,619,115

Britannica Concise

City (metro. area pop.,
1995: 2,029,000) and capital, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Gomati River southeast of Delhi. It was captured by the Mughal ruler Babur in 1528 and under his grandson Akbar became part of Oudh province. In 1775 it became the capital of Oudh. It is now an important rail center with paper factories and other industrial development. Notable sites include the Great Imambara (tomb) of one of the nabobs of Oudh, the Residency where the British were besieged during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and the Univ. of Lucknow.