Oudh

American  

[oud] / aʊd /

noun

1. a former part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in N India: now part of Uttar Pradesh.

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Oudh British  

/ aʊd /

noun

1. 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

2. another name for Ayodhya

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Example Sentences

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

“I think what the Saudi government has been noticing so far is that using money for sportswashing is working out for them,” said Abdullah al Oudh, whose father, a popular cleric, has been in prison in Saudi Arabia since publicly expressing hope that the crown prince would end a now-mended rift with another Gulf state, Qatar.

From Seattle Times

“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

That is why oudh is so expensive, and why many years would go by before, thanks to the generosity of a family friend, I would acquire a few meager ounces of the precious resin — some oudh of one’s own.

From New York Times