Synonyms for ellis island
el·lis is·land

Princeton's WordNet

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. • New Jersey
   • Island

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1. 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.

2. Michael Shulman:

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

3. David Wilson:

   We were out on the glacier and a blizzard blew in. It started to get pretty hairy, he [ the guide ] would always say, ‘ Are you touching the [ mobile ] in front ? ’ I leaned forward to touch the [ snowmobile ] in front to have a look, and as I came back, my glove accidentally hit the off button. THE SECRET HISTORY OF ELLIS ISLAND.

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.