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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