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US
/məˈdɪɹə/
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NOUN
- a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
- an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands
- an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands
How To Use Madeira In A Sentence
- Christmas and New Year have long been the high point for visitor and Madeiran alike.
- White-suited drivers, wearing straw hats and Madeiran boots, run alongside, pushing the toboggan to gain momentum.
- In addition to supporting Columba trocaz, several forest areas are also very important for a number of Madeiran subspecies, notably the birds of prey and passerines living within the forest canopy such Madeira chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs maderensis) and Madeira firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus maderensis). Madeira evergreen forests
- The meetings were not entirely musical, or so one gathers from the early minute-books, where it is stated that at each meeting one bottle of sherry was to be provided for every three members, and one bottle of madeira for every seven members, and further that politics or religion were not to be talked during meetings. Music and Musicians
- Malmsey is really an after-dinner drink - apparently Verdelho Madeira medium-dry is really the one to drink with cake - but I am sure that on this occasion it will do nicely. Archive 2005-10-01
- He might have kicked off life from humble beginnings on the tiny sunshine isle of Madeira off the coast of Africa. The Sun
- Whisky is always kept in oak casks that have already stored another alcoholic beverage: usually bourbon or sherry, occasionally port and Madeira.
- My aunt had the breast of corn-fed chicken with pea risotto and Madeira syrup.
- The Purus-Madeira moist forest ecoregion lies in the center of the Brazilian Amazon, south of the Amazon River on the interfluve between the Purus and Madeira Rivers. Purus-Madeira moist forests
- Madeira is the largest of the islands, measuring about 57 km wide and 22 km long.