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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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 BC, ended the First Punic War.
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- noun a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
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Originally founded by ancient Greeks, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.
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Originally founded by ancient Greeks, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.
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Originally founded by ancient Greeks, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.
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Casa del Passito, situated just outside Marsala, gives one of the most charming landscapes of the western Sicilian coast: the Egadi Islands looming on the horizon and the ancient salt pans standing out in the mainland.
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