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Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin. [1] An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis. [2]
Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934–2020), American jazz pianist and educator, patriarch of the musical Marsalis family; Ellis Merriweather (born 1999), American football player; Ellis Minns (1874–1953), British academic and archaeologist; Ellis Paul (born 1965), American singer-songwriter and folk musician; Ellis Rabb (1930–1998), American actor ...
Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States. From 1892 to 1954, nearly 12 million immigrants arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey were processed there. [6]
Ellison Barber (born 1989), American journalist; Ellison Brown (1913–1975), U.S. Olympian; Ellison Capers (1837–1908), Confederate general in the American Civil War.; Ellison Goodall (born 1954), American long-distance runner
The Statue of Liberty National Monument is a United States national monument comprising Liberty Island and Ellis Island in the states of New Jersey and New York. [5] It includes the 1886 Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and the Statue of Liberty Museum, both situated on Liberty Island, as well as the former immigration station at Ellis ...
Ellie or Elly is a given name. The name stands on its own or can be a shortened form of any of the numerous female names beginning with the syllable El-, in particular Elizabeth, Eleanor, or Elvira.
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The local form of the name was Valis, or Valeia, and its meaning, in all probability was, "the lowland" (compare with the word "valley"). [4] In its physical constitution Elis is similar to Achaea and Arcadia; its mountains are mere offshoots of the Arcadian highlands, and its principal rivers are fed by Arcadian springs. [5]