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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean;
[syn: Egadi Islands, Aegadean Isles, Aegadean Islands, Isole Egadi, Aegates]

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, Aegadean Isles]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Aegadean Isles
    n 1: a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the
         Mediterranean [syn: Egadi Islands, Aegadean Isles,
         Aegadean Islands, Isole Egadi, Aegates]
    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,
       Aegadean Isles]