Madeira (disambiguation)

Madeira (the Portuguese word for wood), officially named the Autonomous Region of Madeira ( Regiao Autonoma da Madeira ), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores); it is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of mainland Portugal.

Madeira may also refer to:

Geography [ edit ]

Madeira, Ohio , a city in the United States
Madeira Beach, Florida , an American city
Madeira evergreen forests , a wooded area covering the archipelago of Madeira and some nearby islands
Madeira Island , the largest of the Madeira group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
Madeira Park , an unincorporated community in British Columbia, Canada
Madeira River , one of the tributaries of the Amazon River in South America

People [ edit ]

George Madeira (1836?1922), a mining engineer and mineralogist who founded the first astronomical observatory in California
Jamila Madeira (born 1975), a Portuguese socialist politician and Member of the European Parliament
Phil Madeira (born 1952), an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer from Nashville, Tennessee

Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ]

Have Some Madeira M'Dear , a darkly comic song by Flanders and Swann
Madeira, the fictionalized name of Debra Newell's interior design firm in the Bravo TV series, Dirty John
Miss Madeira , a 2011 novel by Austin Gary
RTP Madeira , a Portuguese TV channel

Food and wine [ edit ]

Madeira cake , an English cake originating in the 18th Century
Madeira wine , a fortified wine made on the island of Madeira

Schools [ edit ]

Madeira School , a private girls' school in the state of Virginia, in the United States
Universidade da Madeira , a public university in Madeira

Other uses [ edit ]

C.F. Uniao , an association football club commonly known as Uniao da Madeira
Madeira (shipwreck) , a schooner-barge which sank on the north shore of Lake Superior in November 1905
Madeira Airport
Madeira Andebol SAD , a Portuguese handball club