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Madeira (n.)
[Madeira 词源字典]
white wine, 1540s, from island of
Madeira
in the Atlantic, from Portuguese
madeira
"wood," because the island formerly was thickly wooded, from Latin
materia
"wood, matter" (see
matter
).
[Madeira etymology, Madeira origin, 英语词源]