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 • Jan. 13, 2024
“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 • Jun. 7, 2023
Oudh is an oleoresin, born out of a fungal attack upon the heartwood of a perfectly ordinary slim-limbed tree, native to South and Southeast Asia, known as Aquilaria malaccensis.
From New York Times • May 10, 2021
“This guy … sees the world as a stage for his botched operations,” said Oudh, a Gulf research director for Democracy for the Arab World Now, a rights group Khashoggi founded shortly before his murder.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2021
A line of the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway from Moradabad to Saharanpur runs through the district.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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