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AEGATES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean

Synonyms:

Aegadean Islands; Aegadean Isles; Aegates; Egadi Islands; Isole Egadi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Aegates" is a part of...):

Sicilia; Sicily (the Italian region on the island of Sicily)

Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea (the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia)

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