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madeira^¹

noun madeiras

countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Madeira (“fortified wine”).

Madeira^²

/məˈdɪəɹə/ UK
/məˈdɪɹə/ US
/məˈdɛɹə/ US

Rhymes with -ɪəɹə, -ɛɹə

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

An archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
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.

noun Madeiras · madeira

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.

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name island and autonomous region

中文	馬德拉 /马德拉 Mǎdélā
Português	Madeira
Français	Madère
Ελληνικά	Μαδέρα Madéra
Русский	Маде́йра Madɛ́jra
العربية	ماديرا

noun wine

Português	vinho da Madeira, vinho Madeira
Français	madère
Русский	маде́ра madéra

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@misc{madeira_2026,
  title = {madeira},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/madeira},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}