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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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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

Seasonal purists could just download the dozen or so Christmas episodes of this long-running and still-exceptional drama about a group of midwives working out of a convent in London’s East End.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

It was past midnight in the seaside fishing village of Amagansett, on the East End of Long Island, New York, and a stubborn fog cloaked the town's ribbon of beach.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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