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

Mehta says he is trapped in a dispute with NHS South East London ICB over the type of support and budget he needs to return home safely.

From BBC • May 19, 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 whole arrest tactic was disproportionate," says Dr Emma Cunningham, a criminology lecturer at the University of East London.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 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