East St. Louis

American  

noun

1. a city in SW Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.

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Other Word Forms

• East St Louisan adjective

Example Sentences

“Miles: The Autobiography,” written by Miles Davis with the help of the poet Quincy Troupe, captures the trumpeter’s voice as he recounts his tales of growing up in a cultured, upper-class black family in East St. Louis, Ill., studying at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City and playing with the founding fathers of bebop—Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk.

From The Wall Street Journal

His first job out of college was at the East St. Louis Journal, where he covered baseball among other sports.

From Los Angeles Times

After leaving newspapers, he liked to investigate and write about true crime, especially in his hometown of East St. Louis.

From Los Angeles Times

Jenkins was born in April 1928 and grew up in East St. Louis, Ill. She had one older brother, and her parents divorced when she was about 5.

From Los Angeles Times

Alvin Cooper of East St. Louis, Illinois, was preparing Monday to fill out a missing person’s report on his 35-year-old son.

From Seattle Times