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Madeira.

An archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/məˈdɪəɹə/Received-Pronunciation/məˈdɪɹə/General-American/məˈdɛɹə/General-American
  1. An archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.

  2. The largest island in the Madeira Archipelago; in full, Madeira Island.

  3. 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.

  4. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cincinnati named after landowner John Madeira.

  5. A surname from Portuguese.

Where this word comes from

From Portuguese Madeira, from Portuguese madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Doublet of matter.

noun/məˈdɪəɹə/Received-Pronunciation/məˈdɪɹə/General-American/məˈdɛɹə/General-American
  1. A type of fortified wine produced on that island.

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Where this word comes from

From Portuguese Madeira, from Portuguese madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Doublet of matter.

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