1. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
   - 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
   - Aegates Isles, Aegadean Isles

Type of: island, naval battle

Part of: mare nostrum, Med [Brit, informal], Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Punic War, Sicilia, Sicily

Encyclopedia: Aegadian Islands