English Explanatory Dictionary

madeira

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Madeira (“fortified wine”).
name
  1. An archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
  2. The largest island in the Madeira Archipelago; in full, Madeira Island.
  3. The largest tributary of the Amazon, running 900 miles from Pando Department, Bolivia through the states of Rondônia and Amazonas, Brazil to its mouth east of Manaus; in full, Madeira River.
  4. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cincinnati named after landowner John Madeira.
  5. A surname.
noun
  1. A type of fortified wine produced on that island.

Pronunciation

/məˈdɪəɹə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Madeira.wav /məˈdɪɹə/

Word forms

madeira madeiras

Etymology

From Portuguese Madeira, from Portuguese madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Doublet of matter.

Derived words

Madeira besom heath Madeira blackcap Madeira blueberry Madeira brimstone Madeira broom Madeira butterfly ray Madeira cake Madeira cherry Madeira clubmoss Madeira cockroach Madeira elder Madeira firecrest Madeira foxglove Madeira fume Madeira germander Madeira giant black parsley Madeira goby Madeira groundsel Madeira halosaur Madeira heath Madeira holly fern Madeira holly Madeira island geranium Madeira lizard Madeira mahogany Madeira moneywort Madeiran Madeira orchid Madeira parakeet Madeira petrel Madeira pincer grasshopper Madeira pipistrelle Madeira pittosporum Madeira rustyback fern Madeira saxifrage Madeira scorpionfish Madeira shrubby bittersweet Madeira skate Madeira sorrel Madeira vine Madeira walnut pride of Madeira
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