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Luck⋅now

[luhk-nou]
–noun
a city in and capital of Uttar Pradesh state, in N India: the British besieged it (1857) during Sepoy Rebellion. 826,246.
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Luck·now   (lŭk'nou)   
A city of north-central India east-southeast of Delhi. Once the capital of the kingdom of Oudh (1775-1856), it was besieged for five months during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Population: 2,200,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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