Luck·now (lŭk′nou) A city of north-central India east-southeast of Delhi. Once the capital of the kingdom of Oudh (1775-1856), the British garrison there was besieged for five months during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. It is now the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow (ˈlʌknaʊ) n (Placename) a city in N India, capital of Uttar Pradesh: capital of …

