Usually means: U.S. immigration station, historical gateway.
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  1. Ellis Island: Merriam-Webster
  2. Ellis Island: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Ellis Island: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Ellis Island: Vocabulary.com
  5. Ellis Island: Wiktionary
  6. Ellis Island: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Ellis Island: Dictionary.com
  8. Ellis Island: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Ellis Island (Missouri), Ellis Island (Queensland), Ellis Island (TV miniseries), Ellis Island (disambiguation), Ellis Island (miniseries), Ellis Island (novel), Ellis Island, Ellis island: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Ellis island: Rhymezone
  11. ellis island: FreeDictionary.org
  12. ellis island: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Ellis Island: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. ellis island: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Ellis Island: Encyclopedia

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  1. Ellis Island: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ellis Island)

▸ noun:  A 27.5-acre island in the states of New Jersey and New York where millions of immigrants and others were processed, up until the 1950s.

Similar:
Little Island, manhattan, Liberty Island, island, Fire Island, Holy Island, Strong Island, French Island, Water Island, Rikers Island, more...

Opposite:
emigration, deportation, expulsion, banishment

Types:
Angel Island, Castle Garden, Liberty Island, more...

Phrases:
Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, Ellis Island Special, Ellis Island Medal of Honor, more...

Adjectives:
ruby, herm, nelly, key, man, treen, ac, pi, mocha, pa, septinsular
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Similar:
Little Island, manhattan, Liberty Island, island, Fire Island, Holy Island, Strong Island, French Island, Water Island, Rikers Island, more...

Opposite:
emigration, deportation, expulsion, banishment

Types:
Angel Island, Castle Garden, Liberty Island, more...

Phrases:
Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, Ellis Island Special, Ellis Island Medal of Honor, more...

Adjectives:
ruby, herm, nelly, key, man, treen, ac, pi, mocha, pa, septinsular



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