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- Wapping /ˈwɒpɪŋ/ /ˈwɑːpɪŋ/ an area of Docklands in London. It was known especially as the former British base of the newspaper company owned by Rupert Murdoch that used to be called News International.
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Wapping ( / ˈwɒpɪŋ /) is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in East London and part of the East End. Wapping is on the north bank of the River Thames between St Katharine Docks to the west, and Shadwell to the east. This position gives the district a strong maritime character.
Wapping. /ˈwɒpɪŋ/. /ˈwɑːpɪŋ/. an area of Docklands in London. It was known especially as the former British base of the newspaper company owned by Rupert Murdoch that used to be called News International.
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Wapping is an area in East London. It is in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in London, United Kingdom. Wapping is by the River Thames (the longest river in England). Wapping was probably named by the Saxons when they lived here. Their leader was named Waeppa. England's first marine police force was created in 1798 in Wapping.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the word wapping. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
The Wappinger ( / ˈwɒpɪndʒər / WOP-in-jər) [3] were an Eastern Algonquian Munsee-speaking Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut .
The Wapping dispute was a lengthy failed strike by print workers in London in 1986. Print unions tried to block distribution of The Sunday Times , along with other newspapers in Rupert Murdoch 's News International group, after production was shifted to a new plant in Wapping in January 1986.
