Oudh
Americannoun
noun
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a region of N India, in central Uttar Pradesh: annexed by Britain in 1856 and a centre of the Indian Mutiny (1857–58); joined with Agra in 1877, becoming the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1902, which were renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950
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another name for Ayodhya
Example Sentences
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Cecil Walsh chronicled a crime of passion that unfolded in Agra - then a territory under the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in British-ruled India - and shocked the world.
From BBC
Built in 1784 as part of a famine relief works project by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula, the prince of the royal house of Oudh, it is one of the last great and palatial buildings constructed in the Mughal style.
From BBC
“They have used it once, twice, three times … to just whitewash their crimes. And it’s been working for them so far,” al Oudh said.
From Seattle Times
It was this attarwallah’s son who came one day to see us, bearing news of his father’s passing — and of oudh.
From New York Times
I was listening to them talk of quality and seasonability when the young perfumer, with all the indelicacy of a greenhorn, announced, “I have some oudh.”
From New York Times
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