Lucknow

Borrowed from Hindustani लखनऊ (lakhnaū) / لَکْھنَؤُ (lakhnaū); perhaps either derived from Sanskrit लक्ष्मणपुर (lakṣmaṇapura, “city of Lakshmana”), or perhaps from लक्ष्मणवती (lakṣmaṇavatī, “fortunate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌknaʊ/

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Lucknow

1. A city, district, and division, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India.
   • 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 11:

     ‘Lucknow is not a village. It is a city with a thousand years of civilization. It was the capital of the Awadh kingdom.ʼ

2. A number of other places:
   1. A hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland, east of Monifieth (OS grid ref NO5133).
   2. A community in Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated community in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   4. A locality in the City of Orange, New South Wales, Australia.
   5. A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.

• → Chinese: 勒克瑙 (Lèkènǎo)
• → Portuguese: Lucknow
• → Telugu: లక్నో (laknō)

Borrowed from English Lucknow, in turn derived from Hindustani लखनऊ (lakhnaū) / لَکْھنَؤُ (lakhnaū); perhaps either derived from Sanskrit लक्ष्मणपुरी (lakṣmaṇapurī, “city of Lakshmana”), or perhaps from लक्ष्मणवती (lakṣmaṇavatī, “fortunate”).

Lucknow f

1. Lucknow (the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India)