madeira
/məˈdɪəɹə/US/məˈdɪɹə/
madeira is the alternative letter-case form of Madeira.
Proper noun capitalized: Madeira
Madeira
- 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 capitalized: Madeira
Madeira (countable and uncountable, plural Madeiras)
- 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.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 280
Forms of madeira
| plural | madeiras |
|---|---|
| plural | Madeiras |
| alternative form | madeira |
Origin of madeira
From Portuguese Madeira, from Portuguese madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Doublet of matter.
Words formed from madeira
- Madeira Beach
- Madeira besom heath
- Madeira blackcap
- Madeira blueberry
- Madeira brimstone
- Madeira broom
- Madeira butterfly ray
- Madeira cake
- Madeira cherry
- Madeira clubmoss
- Madeira cockroach
- Madeira elder
- Madeira firecrest
- Madeira foxglove
- Madeira fume
- Madeira germander
- Madeira giant black parsley
- Madeira goby
- Madeira groundsel
- Madeira halosaur
- Madeira heath
- Madeira holly fern
- Madeira holly
- Madeira island geranium
- Madeira lizard
- Madeira mahogany
- Madeira moneywort
- Madeiran
- Madeira orchid
- Madeira parakeet
- Madeira petrel
- Madeira pincer grasshopper
- Madeira pipistrelle
- Madeira pittosporum
- Madeira rustyback fern
- Madeira saxifrage
- Madeira scorpionfish
- Madeira shrubby bittersweet
- Madeira skate
- Madeira sorrel
- Madeira vine
- Madeira walnut
- pride of Madeira
Phrases with madeira
Words that rhyme with madeira
Questions about madeira
- What does madeira mean?
- Madeira means an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
- What is madeira the alternative letter-case form of?
- Madeira is the alternative letter-case form of Madeira.
- What part of speech is madeira?
- Madeira can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce madeira?
- Madeira is pronounced /məˈdɪəɹə/ (UK).
Words near madeira in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: madeira (page history and authors); Madeira (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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