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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MADEIRA, n. A rich wine made on the isle of Madeira.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River [syn: Madeira, Madeira River]
2: an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands
3: an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Portuguese, from Madeira Islands Date: 1596 an amber-colored fortified wine from Madeira; also a similar wine made elsewhere II. geographical name 1. river 2013 miles (3239 kilometers) W Brazil formed at Bolivian border by confluence of the Mamoré & the Beni & flowing NE to the Amazon 2. islands in N Atlantic N of the Canaries belonging to Portugal capital Funchal area 308 square miles (798 square kilometers), population 253,000 3. island, chief of group area 285 square miles (741 square kilometers) • Madeiran adjective or noun

Britannica Concise

Island (pop.,
1991: 265,000), largest of the Madeira Island group, an autonomous region of Portugal, N. Atlantic Ocean. It is the site of the region's capital, Funchal. It is 34 mi (55 km) long and 14 mi (22 km) wide, and has deep ravines and rugged mountains. Possibly known to ancient Phoenicians, it was rediscovered by the Portuguese navigator Joã o Gonç alves Zarco, who founded Funchal in 1421. It allegedly had the world's first sugarcane plantation. Its Madeira wine has been an important export since the 17th cent. Tourism is also important.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a fortified white wine from the island of Madeira off the coast of N. Africa. 2 (in full Madeira cake) a kind of rich sponge cake.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Madeira Ma*dei"ra, n. [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See Matter.] 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.