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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 standsplay

  Familiarity information: BEDLOE'S ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEDLOE'S ISLAND (noun)


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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