Aegadean Islands — noun a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean • Syn: ↑Egadi Islands, ↑Aegadean Isles, ↑Isole Egadi, ↑Aegates • Instance Hypernyms: ↑island • Part Holonyms: ↑Sicily … Useful english dictionary
Aegates Isles — noun 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: ↑Aegadean Isles • Instance Hypernyms: ↑naval battle • Part Holonyms: ↑Punic… … Useful english dictionary
Aegadian Islands — noun ɪˈɡeɪdiən ˈaɪlændz A group of islands located off the western coast of Sicily. In the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas lie several archipelagos of small Italian islands, some measuring only a few hundred meters across: the Pontine Islands,… … Wiktionary
Aegates — noun a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean • Syn: ↑Egadi Islands, ↑Aegadean Isles, ↑Aegadean Islands, ↑Isole Egadi • Instance Hypernyms: ↑island • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Egadi Islands — noun a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean • Syn: ↑Aegadean Isles, ↑Aegadean Islands, ↑Isole Egadi, ↑Aegates • Instance Hypernyms: ↑island • Part Holonyms: ↑Sicily … Useful english dictionary
Isole Egadi — noun a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean • Syn: ↑Egadi Islands, ↑Aegadean Isles, ↑Aegadean Islands, ↑Aegates • Instance Hypernyms: ↑island • Part Holonyms: ↑Si … Useful english dictionary
Mediterranean Sea — noun the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia • Syn: ↑Mediterranean • Derivationally related forms: ↑Mediterranean (for: ↑Mediterranean) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑sea … Useful english dictionary
Sicilia — noun 1. the Italian region on the island of Sicily • Syn: ↑Sicily • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Italian region • Part Holonyms: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia … Useful english dictionary
Sicily — noun 1. the Italian region on the island of Sicily (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑Sicilia • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Italian region • Part Holonyms: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia … Useful english dictionary
naval battle — noun a pitched battle between naval fleets • Hypernyms: ↑battle, ↑conflict, ↑fight, ↑engagement • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Actium, ↑Aegates Isles, ↑Aegadean Isles, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
