Aegadean Isles
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Definition of the noun aegadean isles
What does aegadean isles mean as a name of something?
noun
- a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
- lexical domain: Locations - nouns denoting spatial position
- synonyms of Aegadean Isles: Aegadean Islands / Aegates / Egadi Islands / Isole Egadi
- instance of: island = a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
- part of: Sicilia / Sicily = the Italian region on the island of Sicily; Mediterranean / Mediterranean Sea = the largest inland sea
- 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
- lexical domain: Acts - nouns denoting acts or actions
- synonym of Aegadean Isles: Aegates Isles
- instance of: naval battle = a pitched battle between naval fleets
- 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
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Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And Reference Book (1999)
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