| aegates isles | (n) 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 |
| egadi islands | (n) a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean, Syn. Aegadean Isles, Aegadean Islands, Aegates, Isole Egadi |