ellis island

1. 1.

   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”

   Broaderisland

   Part ofNew Jersey

Questions about ellis island

What does ellis island mean?

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

Is ellis island a common word?

ellis island is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.