Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - madeira
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Madeira
madeira
I. noun Etymology: Portuguese, from ~ Islands Date: 1596 an amber-colored fortified wine from ~; 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 Mamore & 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) • ~n adjective or noun
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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. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1548, from island of Madeira, from Port. madeira "wood," because the island was formerly thickly wooded, from L. materia "wood, matter" (see matter). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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