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And the city expanded on who could be buried there to include fetuses, infants, those who couldn’t afford a private burial, and even people who chose to be buried on Hart Island.
The island’s operations were run by the Department of Public Charities and Correction, and when the agencies split in 1895, the Department of Correction assumed full control.
During the 1918 flu pandemic, burials regularly hit over 5,000 per year.
Listen to native speakers pronounce “island” in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.
A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
“No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]”
A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.
“Despite its name, Barry Island is actually a peninsula”
To surround with water; make into an island.
“We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.”
To set, dot (as if) with islands.
“the many-islanded Aegean”