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East End

East End proper noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see east, end.

Proper noun

East End or the East End

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see east, end.
  2. (London, UK, colloquial) The east end of London, generally regarded to be east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames.
    • But O Cook, O Thomas Cook & Son,[…]with ease and celerity, could you send me to Darkest Africa or Innermost Thibet, but to the East End of London, barely a stone’s throw distant from Ludgate Circus, you know not the way!1903 October, Jack London, chapter I, in The People of the Abyss, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
  3. A hamlet in Weedon parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8118).
  4. A region of Montreal island, Quebec, Canada.
  5. The eastern tip of Long Island, New York.
  6. A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Words formed from East End

Questions about East End

What does East End mean?
East End means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see east, end.
What part of speech is East End?
East End is a proper noun.

Words near East End in the dictionary

  1. East Dunbartonshire
  2. East Eddington
  3. East Elbia
  4. East Elbian
  5. East Elmhurst
  6. East End
  7. East Ender
  8. East Enders
  9. East European
  10. East European Shepherd
  11. East European Shepherds

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