what does Ellis Island mean?
ELLIS ISLAND as NOUN
- Meaning
- an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States
Usage Example(s)
- some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island
Hypernyms(s) Ellis Island is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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