Aegadean Isles

from 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}]