Madeira

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

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɪəɹ.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

Madeira

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

   Hypernym: Macaronesia

Madeira (countable and uncountable, plural Madeiras)

1. A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 280:

     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.

• sherry
• Marsala

• Demaria, Maredia

From Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”). Doublet of matèria.

Madeira f

1. Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal, located in Atlantic Ocean)

   Hypernym: Macaronèsia

2. Madeira (an island in Madeira).
   • Hypernym: arxipèlag de Madeira

• arxipèlag de Madeira
• madeira

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Madeira n (proper noun, strong, genitive Madeiras)

1. Madeira

• Madeirer
• madeirisch

From Portuguese madeira (“wood”).

Madeira

1. Madeira (island and autonomous region of Portugal)

From Portuguese madeira (“wood”).

Madeira

1. Madeira (as above)

• Madeyra (obsolete)

From madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia (“stuff, timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Formal cognates include Spanish madera.

• Homophone: madeira
• Hyphenation: Ma‧dei‧ra

Madeira f

1. Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)

   Synonym: Região Autónoma da Madeira

2. Madeira (the largest island of the Madeira Archipelago)

• madeirense

Madeira m (plural Madeiras)

1. Ellipsis of vinho da Madeira.

• IPA^(key): /maděira/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧de‧i‧ra

Madèira f (Cyrillic spelling Мадѐира)

1. Madeira