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

Derived Forms

• East Londoner
  noun

Example Sentences

NHS South East London ICB did not respond to these specific allegations when approached by the BBC.

From BBC • May 19, 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

“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

You grew up in a hardscrabble neighborhood in East London.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

There were cholera outbreaks all over England—from Liverpool in the north down to Oxford and even into East London.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman