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
madeira (countable and uncountable, plural madeiras)
Madeira (wine)
• Demaria
Madeira
Island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
• Macaronesia
Madeira (countable and uncountable, plural Madeiras)
A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
• sherry
• Marsala
• 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
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
