Oudh

[ oud ]

/ aʊd /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Oudh

Oubangi, Oubangui, oubliette, ouch, oud, Oudh, Oudry, Oudtshoorn, Ouémé, Ouessant, ought

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How to use Oudh in a sentence

His conspicuous services in the Mutiny were rewarded with the grant of estates in Oudh.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir|Sir James McCrone Douie
But in Oudh the tiger is said to have been formerly destroyed in a very curious way.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
On the 30th of May mutiny burst forth in Oudh, and he was ready.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3|Various
Fancy a man of his build and hair and features disguised as a native of Oudh!
The Disputed V.C.|Frederick P. Gibbon

After passing through the college at Addiscombe, he served through the Oudh campaign against the mutineers in 1858 and 1859.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Oudh

Oudh

/ (aʊd) /

noun

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

another name for Ayodhya

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