an island in the Atlantic Ocean off north-western Africa, the largest of the Madeiras, a group of islands which constitutes an autonomous region of Portugal; population 247,161 (2007); capital, Funchal. Encountered by the Portuguese in 1419, the islands were occupied by the Spanish 1580–1640 and the British 1807–14

a river in north-western Brazil, which rises on the Bolivian border and flows about 1,450 km (900 miles) to meet the River Amazon east of Manaus. It is navigable to large ocean-going vessels as far as Pôrto Velho

a fortified wine from the island of Madeira