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Madeira en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /məˈdɛɹə/ (General-American)
  • /məˈdɪəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /məˈdɪɹə/ (General-American)
  • mə-dĕr′ə
  • mə-dîr′ə
  • mə-dā′rə
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
    • Add to this, Madeira which had twice ripened beneath eastern suns—once in the grape, and once in the wood; and Port whose filmy robe of cobweb had, as old Adrian boasted, outlasted many a silken dress. 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 280:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
madeira alternative lexicographic
Madeiras Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

port · Marsala · marsala · sherry · Porto · porto

Translations (8)

yi מאַדיירע (wine) · nrf madère (wine) · pt vinho Madeira (wine) · fr madère (wine) · pt vinho da Madeira (wine) · ca madeira (wine) · ru маде́ра (wine) · fi madeira (wine)

Madeira en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /məˈdɛɹə/ (General-American)
  • /məˈdɪəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /məˈdɪɹə/ (General-American)
  • mə-dĕr′ə
  • mə-dîr′ə
  • mə-dā′rə
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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 from Portuguese.

Deriveds

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

Hypernyms

Macaronesia

Translations (25)

sh Мадѐира (island and autonomous region) · ko 마데이라 (island and autonomous region) · yi מאַדיירע (island and autonomous region) · nb Madeira (island and autonomous region) · pt Madeira (island and autonomous region) · cmn 馬德拉 /马德拉 (island and autonomous region) · mk Маде́ра (island and autonomous region) · fr Madère (island and autonomous region) · pl Madera (island and autonomous region) · ca Madeira (island and autonomous region) · el Μαδέρα (island and autonomous region) · nrf Madère (island and autonomous region) · nn Madeira (island and autonomous region) · chr ᎹᏕᎳ (island and autonomous region) · ga Maidéara (island and autonomous region) · eo Madejro (island and autonomous region) · fy Madeara (island and autonomous region) · oc Madèira (island and autonomous region) · ru Маде́йра (island and autonomous region) · sh Madèira (island and autonomous region) · hu Madeira (island and autonomous region) · gv Yn Vadeirey (island and autonomous region) · gur Madera (island and autonomous region) · ja マデイラ (island and autonomous region) · ar ماديرا (island and autonomous region)