lucknow

English Thesaurus

1. the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857) (noun.act)

instance hypernym	:	beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege,
definition	:	the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack (noun.act)

domain region	:	bharat, india, republic of india,
definition	:	a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location)

2. a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	city, metropolis, urban center,
definition	:	a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location)

part meronym	:	bharat, india, republic of india,
definition	:	a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location)