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ELLIS ISLAND

Pronunciation (US):

• ELLIS ISLAND (noun)
The noun ELLIS ISLAND has 1 sense:

1. an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States

Familiarity information: ELLIS ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.

• ELLIS ISLAND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Ellis Island" is a part of...):

Garden State; Jersey; New Jersey; NJ (a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies)

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