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English Dictionary: Madeira by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Madeira, OH (city, FIPS 46312)
      Location: 39.18420 N, 84.37482 W
      Population (1990): 9141 (3565 housing units)
      Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45243
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