# Madeira

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /məˈdɪəɹ.ə/ · frequency rank #30,488

## Definitions
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.

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

## Easily confused with
- **Madera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madeira-vs-madera)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amdeira`, `maddeira`, `madeiar`, `madeirra`, `maderia`, `madiera`, `maedira`, `mdaeira`, `mmadeira`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/madeira