madeira
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3VERB + MADEIRA
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ADV.
twice
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Madeira (“fortified wine”).
name
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.
noun
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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5Add 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
WiktionaryMadeira is the name of a wine.
Tatoeba · #32516This plant is particular to the island of Madeira.
Tatoeba · #5680599Portugal is made up of the mainland and the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
Tatoeba · #7816486I'm from Madeira.
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