Madeira (disambiguation)

Madeira (the Portuguese word for wood), officially named the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma 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 Portugal.

Madeira may also refer to:

Geography

People

  • 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

Food and wine

Schools

  • 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

  • Madeira (shipwreck), a schooner-barge which sank on the north shore of Lake Superior in November 1905

See also

  • Madera (disambiguation)
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