East End

proper noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see east, end.

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Meanings

proper nounEast End or the East End
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see east, end.
  2. LondonUKcolloquialThe 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.
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APA

East End. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20End

MLA

“East End.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20End. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “East End,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20End.

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