Definitions for ellis island
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1. Ellis Islandnoun

   an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States

   "some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island"

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1. Ellis Islandnoun

   A 27.5 acres island in the states of New Jersey and New York where millions of immigrants and others were processed.

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1. Ellis Island

   Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States. From 1892 to 1954, nearly 12 million immigrants arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey were processed there under federal law. Today, it is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and is accessible to the public only by ferry. The north side of the island is the site of the main building, now a national museum of immigration. The south side of the island, including the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, is open to the public only through guided tours. In the 19th century, Ellis Island was the site of Fort Gibson and later became a naval magazine. The first inspection station opened in 1892 and was destroyed by fire in 1897. The second station opened in 1900 and housed facilities for medical quarantines and processing immigrants. After 1924, Ellis Island was used primarily as a detention center for migrants. During both World War I and World War II, its facilities were also used by the US military to detain prisoners of war. After the immigration station's closure, the buildings languished for several years until they were partially reopened in 1976. The main building and adjacent structures were completely renovated in 1990. The 27.5-acre (11.1 ha) island was greatly expanded by land reclamation between the late 1890s and the 1930s. Jurisdictional disputes between New Jersey and New York State persisted until the 1998 US Supreme Court ruling in New Jersey v. New York.

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1. ellis island

   Ellis Island is a small island in New York Harbor, near Manhattan. Between 1892 and 1954, it served as the prime immigration station for the United States, where millions of immigrants were inspected before being granted entry to the country. Today, it is home to an immigration museum and is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.

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1. Ellis Island

   Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the site of Fort Gibson and later a naval magazine. The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965, and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990. A 1998 United States Supreme Court decision found most of the island to be part of New Jersey. The south side of the island, home to the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, is closed to the general public and the object of restoration efforts spearheaded by Save Ellis Island. The island has been closed to the public since Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 with no re-opening date projected.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ellis island in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ellis island in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ellis island in a Sentence

1. Michael Shulman:

   We’ve always known that Annie Moore, our grandfather’s sister, was the first person at Ellis Island.

2. Paul Linehan:

   A third of Americans can trace their ancestry to Ellis Island. … So much of American greatness has been tracked back through those immigrants who came.

3. Israel Zangwill:

   You, the Spirit of the Settlement ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries...

4. Megan Smolenyak:

   Especially when you’re talking about Annie’s phase, the Ellis Island age, people making that decision – boy, that took guts, the best they were going to do was communicate by letter (with the loved ones they left behind). It was like going to the moon.

5. Joe Boland:

   The symbolism of this moment will not be missed by anyone in the border region, it will be like the Pope coming to Ellis Island.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ellis island
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ellis_Island
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island
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5. ^ Wikidata
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