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BEDLOE'S ISLAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bedloe's Island mean?
• BEDLOE'S ISLAND (noun)
The noun BEDLOE'S ISLAND has 1 sense:
1. an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands
Familiarity information: BEDLOE'S ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Bedloe's Island; Liberty Island
Context example:
Congress officially changed the name from Bedloe's Island to Liberty Island in 1956
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Bedloe's Island" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
New York Bay (a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River)
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