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

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

“Why We Make” purports to celebrate “making and creativity’s power to bring change,” and to highlight East London artists.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 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 exhibition illustrates how those early reggae bands were championed by venues like the Four Aces, which was founded by Newton Dunbar in East London.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

No demonstrations at all took place in Durban, Port Elizabeth, or East London.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela