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East End

American  

noun

  1. a section of E London, England.


East End British  

noun

  1. a densely populated part of E London containing former industrial and dock areas, now extensively redeveloped for offices

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sitting inside the shop her family has run since the 1800s -- its walls covered with family photographs -- Burns is proud to be part of London's East End community.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Then Ronaldo saw a post on social media reporting ICE activity in the East End, a heavily Latino working class neighborhood of Houston.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

She has one cramped unit not far from her Lower Manhattan apartment, and another on the East End of Long Island, where she used to own a house.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

The statement said Martin - born in the East End of London himself, in Bow - had died on Saturday.

From BBC Jan. 11, 2026

So he turned and started walking north on Hector, right down the middle of the street, right down the invisible chalk line that divided East End from West End.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

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