EL, noun

Forms:
Also E.L.
Initial letters of East London, a port city in the Border region of the Eastern Cape: usually attributive.
Note:
Used especially in newspaper headlines.
1978 Daily Dispatch 9 Sept. 3EL landmark comes down...Yet another old East London landmark is falling under the breaker’s hammers — this time the tearoom at the harbour.
1979 E. Prov. Herald 1 June 1EL man wins six jackpots.
1980 Rand Daily Mail 22 Oct. 1EL poll crucial to both parties. East London North voters go to the polls today.
1987 Daily Dispatch 4 May 3For years we have had an MP who has done nothing for E.L. North.
Initial letters of East London, a port city in the Border region of the Eastern Cape: usually attributive.
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