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AEGADEAN ISLES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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:
Aegadean Isles; Aegates Isles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)
Holonyms ("Aegadean Isles" is a part of...):
Punic War (one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
Synonyms:
Aegadean Islands; Aegadean Isles; Aegates; Egadi Islands; Isole Egadi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Aegadean Isles" is a part of...):
Sicilia; Sicily (the Italian region on the island of Sicily)
Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea (the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia)
