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Liberty Island

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Noun

1. bedloe's island, liberty island

an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands

Example Sentences:
'Congress officially changed the name from Bedloe's Island to Liberty Island in 1956'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Liberty Island

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noun
a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty. Area: 5 hectares (12 acres)
. Former name (until 1956): Bedloe's Island

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Liberty Island

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island in SE N.Y., in New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty: c. 10 acres or 0.015 sq mi (0.038 sq km)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Liberty Island

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An island of southeast New York in Upper New York Bay southwest of Manhattan. The Statue of Liberty was placed on the island in 1886, using the star-shaped Fort Wood (built in 1841) as a base. Originally called Bedloe's Island, it was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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