how to pronounce madeira

/məˈdɪəɹ.ə/

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madeira is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of madeira in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… had stopped in Madeira in 1873 during a …”

meanings of madeira

noun:

A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
Madeira (wine).

name:

Island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.

madeira frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word madeira occurs in english on average 4.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.