Aegadean Isles

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noun

1. a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
• Syn:
Egadi Islands, Aegadean Islands, Isole Egadi, Aegates
• Instance Hypernyms:
island
• Part Holonyms:
Sicily, Sicilia, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea
2. islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC
• Syn:
Aegates Isles
• Instance Hypernyms:
naval battle
• Part Holonyms:
Punic War