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ELLIS ISLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States
Example:
some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
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; N.J.; New Jersey; NJ (a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies)
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