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Bethnal Green

American  
[beth-nl] / ˈbɛθ nl /

noun

  1. a former borough of London, England, N of the Thames.


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Ms Begum was born in the UK to parents of Bangladeshi heritage and was 15 when she left Bethnal Green, east London, with two schoolfriends in 2015 to support the Islamic State group.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

Four years on, Aqil and Fawaz are healthy young boys, about to start reception at Elizabeth Selby Infants' School in Bethnal Green.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024

On a humid day in Bethnal Green, in east London, we joined the police as they positioned a modified white van on the high street.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

The Parliamentary constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow, which Mr Galloway himself held between 2005 and 2010, is in the borough.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024

I found Thomas Snelling in his house at Bethnal Green, but unhappily he was not in a condition to remember anything.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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