Madeira (the Portuguese word for wood) is the name of a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, an autonomous region of Portugal and a popular holiday destination. It is also the name of the largest of the islands.

It may also refer to:

Other places

• the Madeira River, one of the tributaries of the Amazon River in South America
• Madeira, Ohio, a city in the United States
• Madeira Beach, Florida, another American city

In food

• Madeira wine, a fortified dessert wine made in the Madeira Islands
• Madeira cake, an old English cake
• Madeira sauce, made with Madeira wine

People

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

Other uses

• the Madeira School, a private girls' school in Virginia, United States
• Madeira (shipwreck), a schooner-barge which sank on the north shore of Lake Superior in November 1905
• Universidade da Madeira, a public university in Madeira

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