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Word: Madeira
Speech Type: Noun
Portuguese, literally ‘timber’ (from Latin materia ‘substance’), because of the island's dense woods
məˈdɪərə
an island in the Atlantic Ocean off north-western Africa, the largest of the Madeiras, a group of islands which constitutes an autonomous region of Portugal; population 247,161 (2007); capital, Funchal. Encountered by the Portuguese in 1419, the islands were occupied by the Spanish 1580–1640 and the British 1807–14.
Short Definition:island in Atlantic Ocean off NW Africa, largest of Madeiras
a river in north-western Brazil, which rises on the Bolivian border and flows about 1,450 km (900 miles) to meet the River Amazon east of Manaus. It is navigable to large ocean-going vessels as far as Pôrto Velho.
Short Definition:river in NW Brazil, which rises on Bolivian border
Word: Madeira
Speech Type: Other
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