English noun: Aegadean Isles | |||
| 1. | Aegadean Isles (location) a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean | ||
| Synonyms | Aegadean Islands, Aegates, Egadi Islands, Isole Egadi | ||
| Instance hypernym | island | ||
| Part meronym | Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Sicilia, Sicily | ||
| 2. | Aegadean Isles (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | Aegates Isles | ||
| Instance hypernym | naval battle | ||
| Part meronym | Punic War | ||