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]