Aegadean Isles
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
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