East London

American  

noun

1. a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.

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East London British  

noun

1. a port in S South Africa, in S Eastern Cape province. Pop: 135 560 (2001)

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Other Word Forms

• East Londoner
  noun

Example Sentences

But in a corner of inner east London, it was a different story.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Documents submitted several years ago as part of one planning application for a development complex with homes and office spaces in east London are, together, longer than Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

At the east London block of flats which we believed was the home of the former member of Epstein's household staff, we pressed the buzzer and asked for her.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Isabel Rose, a 25-year-old woman from east London, is adapting to life inside Hong Kong's oldest maximum security women's prison.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

A large district in east London is still called after St. Chad's Well in the corrupted form of Shadwell.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.