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Bedloe's Island

  [bed-lohz]
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–noun
former name of Liberty Island.
Also, Bedloe Island.

Liberty Island

 
–noun
a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
Formerly, Bedloe's Island.
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Bed·loe's Island   (běd'lōz)   
See Liberty Island.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Bedloe's Island

island, off the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York, New York, U.S., in Upper New York Bay. It has an area of about 12 acres (5 hectares) and is the site of French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi's "Liberty Enlightening the World" (the Statue of Liberty). The island and nearby Ellis Island constitute Statue of Liberty National Monument. Although the monument is within New Jersey waters, Liberty Island and a portion of Ellis Island are within the territorial jurisdiction of New York state

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