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Egadi Islands
(ĕgˈə-dē) also Ae·ga·de·an Isles (ē-gāˈdē-ən) or Ae·ga·tes (-tēz)
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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