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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