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

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East London

JPMorgan is building a new headquarters, in Canary Wharf, East London, and recently has launched an internet bank aimed at retail customers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Minor damage was caused to a set of gates and a lock at the front of the former East London Central Synagogue building in Whitechapel on Tuesday.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

The fire was reported at 05:16 BST on Tuesday at the former East London Central Synagogue building in Whitechapel.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

And it leaves out so much: the English and Irish who built East London; the docks that made East London an early “melting pot”; unique aspects of postwar reconstruction such as the East London Mosque.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

The campaign spread throughout the Witwatersrand, to Durban, to Port Elizabeth, East London, and Cape Town, and smaller towns in the eastern and western Cape.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela