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    BEDLOE'S ISLAND

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty standsplay

    Example:

    Congress officially changed the name from Bedloe's Island to Liberty Island in 1956

    Synonyms:

    Bedloe's Island; Liberty Island

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

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

    Holonyms ("Bedloe's Island" is a part of...):

    Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

    New York Bay (a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River)

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