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East London

/iːst ˈlʌn.dən/

East London proper noun: the northeastern part of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England.

Proper noun

East London

  1. The northeastern part of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England.
  2. A city on the southeast coast of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Origin of East London

Borrowed from Latin Londīnium.

Questions about East London

What does East London mean?
East London means the northeastern part of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England.
What part of speech is East London?
East London is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce East London?
East London is pronounced /iːst ˈlʌn.dən/.

Words near East London in the dictionary

  1. East Lindfield
  2. East Lindsey
  3. East Linton
  4. East Lismore
  5. East Lockinge
  6. East London
  7. East Longmeadow
  8. East Looe
  9. East Los Angeles
  10. East Lothian
  11. East Low German

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Adapted from Wiktionary: East London (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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