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. 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.

2. Jay Sekulow:

   My grandfather dragged suitcases with his family when he came through Ellis Island, and many of you that are listening to this broadcast have similar histories in your family, but we are the United States of America, we can do better than this, we can figure this out.

3. Michael Shulman:

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