Ellis Island

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English[edit]

Ellis Island

Etymology[edit]

Named after Samuel Ellis, who bought the island in the late 18th century.

Proper noun[edit]

Ellis Island

  1. 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.

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