Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lucknow

2 senses of lucknow

Sense 1
Lucknow -- (a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 2
Lucknow -- (the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857))
       INSTANCE OF=> siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade -- (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)