- Madeira (disambiguation)
Madeira (the Portuguese word forwood ) is the name of a group of islands in theAtlantic Ocean , an autonomous region ofPortugal and a popular holiday destination. It is also the name of the largest of the islands.It may also refer to:
;Other places:
* theMadeira River , one of the tributaries of the Amazon River in South America
*Madeira, Ohio , a city in the United States
*Madeira Beach, Florida , another American city;In food:
*Madeira wine , a fortified dessert wine made in the Madeira Islands
*Madeira cake , an old English cake
* Madeira sauce, made with Madeira wine;People:
*Phil Madeira , an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer from Nashville, Tennessee
*Jamila Madeira (born 1975), a Portuguese socialist politician and Member of the European Parliament
*George Madeira (1836 - 1922), a mining engineer and mineralogist who founded the first astronomical observatory in California;Other uses:
* theMadeira School , a private girls' school in Virginia, United States
* "Madeira" (shipwreck), a schooner-barge which sank on the north shore of Lake Superior in November 1905
*Universidade da Madeira , a public university in Madeira
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