East End en · PROPN
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Meanings
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see east, end.
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(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:
- A hamlet in Weedon parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8118).
- A region of Montreal island, Quebec, Canada.
- The eastern tip of Long Island, New York.
- A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the East End | canonical | lexicographic |
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Hamptons · North Fork · South Fork
Relateds
West-End · Westend · North End · West-end · West End · South-end · North-End · Southend · North-end · South End · South-End · Northend