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MADEIRA
Madeira
(noun) an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands
Madeira
(noun) an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands
Madeira, Madeira River
(noun) a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
madeira (countable and uncountable, plural madeiras)
Madeira (wine)
Anagrams
• Demaria
Etymology
Proper noun
Madeira
Island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
Hypernyms
• Macaronesia
Noun
Madeira (countable and uncountable, plural Madeiras)
A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
Coordinate terms
• sherry
• Marsala
Anagrams
• Demaria
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*dei"ra, n. Etym: [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See Matter.]
Definition: A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira. A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. Shak. Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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