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madeira
/məˈdɪɹə/
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What does madeira mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Madeira (“fortified wine”).
- A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
proper noun
- An archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- The largest island in the Madeira Archipelago; in full, Madeira Island.
- 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.
- A city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cincinnati named after landowner John Madeira.
- A surname from Portuguese.
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He insisted upon their taking possession of his house, and furnished them with every possible accommodation during their stay at Madeira.
A few hours before serving, roast the pheasant and baste it well with melted butter and a wine-glass of Madeira or Marsala.
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The delicacies of the season, in short, and flavored by a brand of old Madeira which has been the pride of many seasons.
No abode appeared to me more fitted to dissipate melancholy, and restore peace to the perturbed mind, than that of Teneriffe or Madeira.
Many of the people here declare that it is death to weak lungs, and send their poitrinaires to Madeira, or the south of France.