1.
[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;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. --Shak.
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Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the
Juglans regia.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Madeira
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
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Madeira, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 8923
Housing Units (2000): 3484
Land area (2000): 3.365943 sq. miles (8.717753 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.365943 sq. miles (8.717753 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46312
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.188310 N, 84.368366 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 45243
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Madeira, OH
Madeira