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Egadi Islands

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Eg·a·di Islands  (g-d) also Ae·ga·de·an Isles (-gd-n) or Ae·ga·tes (-tz)
An island group of southwest Italy in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily. A Roman naval victory over the Carthaginians, achieved in a battle fought in the waters off the islands in 241 b.c., ended the First Punic War.
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Noun1.Egadi Islands - a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
Aegadean Islands, Aegadean Isles, Aegates, Isole Egadi
Sicilia, Sicily - the Italian region on the island of Sicily
Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea - the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia


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