Of particular note is the endemic type of humid subtropical laurel forest of macaronesian laurisilva, found on several of the Macaronesian islands of the North Atlantic and Macaronesian African mainland enclaves, namely Madeira Islands, the Azores, Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands, a relict of the Pliocene subtropical forests, supporting numerous endemic species.

Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Madeira Islands.

It is traditionally served with Madeira Sauce.

The Madeira River is a major waterway in South America, approximately 3, 250 km ( 2, 020 ) miles long The Madeira is the biggest tributary of the Amazon.

" The River of Cuyari, called by the Portuguese Madeira or the Wood River, is formed by two great rivers, which join near its mouth.

At its head, the Madeira on its own is still one of the largest rivers of the world, with a mean inter-annual discharge of, i. e. / yr, approximately half the discharge of the Congo River.

The mean inter-annual contribution of the Bolivian Andes is, i. e. yr, representing 25 % of the discharge of the entire upper Madeira basin.

At its mouth is Ilha Tupinambaranas, an extensive marshy region formed by the Madeira ’ s distributaries.

The Madeira river rises more than 15 m ( 50 ft ) during the rainy season, and ocean vessels may ascend it to the Falls of San Antonio, near Porto Velho, Brazil, above its mouth ; but in the dry months, from June to November, it is only navigable for the same distance for craft drawing about 2 m ( from 5 to 6 feet ) of water.

A subspecies of Boto ( Amazon River Dolphin ) is known to inhabit the Madeira river system.

It is navigable for a period of about five months of the year, when the Purus valley is inundated ; and, for the remaining seven months, only canoes can ascend it sufficiently high to communicate overland with the settlements in the great India-rubber districts of the Mayutata and lower Beni ; thus these regions are forced to seek a canoe outlet for their rich products by the very dangerous, costly and laborious route of the falls of the Madeira River.

The late 1990s saw a trend towards " wood finishes " in which fully matured whisky is moved from one barrel into another one that had previously aged a different type of alcohol ( e. g., port, Madeira, rum, wine, etc.

Carnival in Portugal is celebrated throughout the country, most famously in Ovar, Sesimbra, Madeira, Loulé, Nazaré, and Torres Vedras.

While the city's natives sometimes drink " vintage " Marsala, the wine produced for export is universally a fortified wine similar to Port, Madeira and Sherry.

Madeira is a fortified Portuguese wine made in the Madeira Islands.

Madeira is produced in a variety of styles ranging from dry wines which can be consumed on their own as an aperitif, to sweet wines more usually consumed with dessert.

Today, Madeira is noted for its unique winemaking process which involves heating the wine up to temperatures as high as 60 ° C ( 140 ° F ) for an extended period of time and deliberately exposing the wine to some levels of oxidation.

Because of this unique process, Madeira is a very robust wine that can be quite long lived even after being opened.

Barrels of Madeira in the sun: the unique estufagem process in Canteiro helped protect the wine for long sea voyages through tropical climates. What makes Madeira wine production unique is the estufagem aging process, meant to duplicate the effect of a long sea voyage on the aging barrels through tropical climates.

In Madeira, he also began collecting weapons, many of which were remnants from the Napoleonic Wars, displaying them on the wall of his hotel room.

Besides coastal exploration, Portuguese also made trips off in the ocean to gather meteorological and oceanographic information ( in these were discovered the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores, and Sargasso Sea ).

Some wines produced in small quantities in Crimea, California and Texas are also referred to as " Madeira " or " Madera ", although those wines do not conform to the EU PDO regulations.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams are also said to have appreciated the qualities of Madeira.

Chief Justice John Marshall was also known to appreciate Madeira, as well as his cohorts on the early U. S. Supreme Court.

Much of the characteristic flavour of Madeira is due to this practice, which hastens the mellowing of the wine and also tends to check secondary fermentation in as much as it is, in effect, a mild kind of pasteurization.

Unflavored Madeira may also be used in cooking, such as the dessert dish " Plum in madeira ".

In the 15th and 16th centuries, colonists from Europe also settled on the otherwise uninhabited islands of the Atlantic such as Madeira and the Azores, where with no slaves to sell, exporting products for export became the main industry.

Portuguese territory also includes a series of archipelagoes in the Atlantic Ocean ( the Azores and Madeira ), which are strategic islands along western sea approaches to the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea.

The Savage Islands, that belong to the Madeira archipelago, also has an arid climate with an annual average rainfall of around.

Malvasia (, also known as Malvazia ) is a group of wine grape varieties grown historically in the Mediterranean region, Balearic islands, Canary Islands and the island of Madeira, but now grown in many of the winemaking regions of the world.

In 2004, there was nearly 18, 533 acres ( 7500 ha ) of Malvasia Fina grown in Portugal where it is also known as Boal ( though it is most likely not related to the grape Bual which is used to produce the Boal style of Madeira ).

Presently, however, " Malvasia " generally refers to unfortified white table or dessert wines produced from this grape, while " Malmsey " refers to a sweet variety of Madeira wine, though the latter are also sometimes called " Malvasia " or " Malvazia ".

An observer in the Chaco point would see the Moon at the left of the Sun, and an observer in the Madeira point would see the Moon at the right of the Sun, and that whoever measured the two heights was likely to observe also this one bit of information.

* On the Portuguese island of Madeira they eat Malasadas on Terça-feira Gorda ( Fat Tuesday in English ) which is also the last day of the Carnival of Madeira, the reason for making malasadas was to use up all the lard and sugar in the house, in preparation for Lent ( much in the same way the tradition of Pancake Day in the UK originated on Shrove Tuesday ), Malasadas are sold along side the Carnival of Madeira.

Glögg recipes vary widely ; variations with white wine or sweet wine such as Port or Madeira, or spirits such as brandy or whisky are also popular.

The growth of viticulture in Madeira expanded when the sugar industry was attacked by cheaper exports from the New World and Africa, but also from various epidemics and the after affects of the 1566 privateer sacks.

Jimmy Dorsey co-wrote the jazz and pop standard " I'm Glad There Is You ( In This World of Ordinary People )" with Paul Madeira, who is also known as Paul Madeira Mertz, in 1941.

These orchids are distributed throughout the subarctic and temperate northern hemisphere: in Europe, from Scandinavia to North Africa ; also on Madeira, Iceland, West Asia, North Asia, the Himalayas, North America and even in Alaska.

" It also mentioned the potential invasion of Portugal if the British gained a foothold and requested that the occupation of Madeira and of the Azores be investigated.

*-( a ) n ( countries / continents: Africa → African, Albania → Albanian, Algeria → Algerian, America → American, Andorra → Andorran, Angola → Angolan, Antigua → Antiguan, Armenia → Armenian, Asia → Asian, Australia → Australian, Austria → Austrian, Barbados → Bajan, Bolivia → Bolivian, Bosnia → Bosnian, Brunei → Bruneian, Bulgaria → Bulgarian, Cambodia → Cambodian, Chile → Chilean, Colombia → Colombian, Costa Rica → Costa Rican, Croatia → Croatian ( also " Croat "), Cuba → Cuban, Dalmatia → Dalmatian, El Salvador → Salvadoran, Eritrea → Eritrean, Estonia → Estonian, Ethiopia → Ethiopian, Europe → European, Equestria → Equestrian, Fiji → Fijian, Gambia → Gambian, Georgia → Georgian, Germany → German, Guatemala → Guatemalan, Guinea → Guinean, Haiti → Haitian, Honduras → Honduran, Hungary → Hungarian, India → Indian, Indonesia → Indonesian, Italy → Italian, Jamaica → Jamaican, Kenya → Kenyan, / South Korea → / South Korean, Latvia → Latvian, Liberia → Liberian, Libya → Libyan, Lithuania → Lithuanian, Macedonia → Macedonian, Malawi → Malawian, Malaysia → Malaysian, Mali → Malian, Mauritania → Mauritanian, Mauritius → Mauritian, Mexico → Mexican, Micronesia → Micronesian, Moldova → Moldovan, Mongolia → Mongolian, Morocco → Moroccan, Mozambique → Mozambican, Namibia → Namibian, Nauru → Nauruan, Nicaragua → Nicaraguan, Nigeria → Nigerian, Palau → Palauan, Paraguay → Paraguayan, Puerto Rico → Puerto Rican, Romania → Romanian, Russia → Russian, Saint Lucia → Saint Lucian, Samoa → Samoan, Saudi Arabia → Saudi Arabian, Serbia → Serbian ( also " Serb "), Singapore → Singaporean, Slovakia → Slovakian, Slovenia → Slovenian ( also " Slovene "), South Africa → South African, Sri Lanka → Sri Lankan, Syria → Syrian, Tanzania → Tanzanian, Tonga → Tongan, Tunisia → Tunisian, Tuvalu → Tuvaluan, Uganda → Ugandan, United States of America → American, Uruguay → Uruguayan, Venezuela → Venezuelan, Zambia → Zambian, Zimbabwe → Zimbabwean ; cities / states: Alaska → Alaskan, Alexandria → Alexandrian, Andalusia → Andalusian, Arizona → Arizonan, Atlanta → Atlantan, Baltimore → Baltimorean, Bavaria → Bavarian, Bohemia → Bohemian, California → Californian, Catalonia → Catalan, Chicago → Chicagoan, Cincinnati → Cincinnatian, Corsica → Corsican, Crete → Cretan, El Paso → El Pasoan, Galicia → Galician, Hanoi ( Vietnam ) → Hanoian, Hawaii → Hawaiian, Iowa → Iowan, Karelia → Karelian, Kiev → Kievan, Madeira → Madeiran, Miami → Miamian, Minneapolis → Minneapolitan, Minnesota → Minnesotan, Moravia → Moravian, Nebraska → Nebraskan, Nova Scotia → Nova Scotian, Ottawa → Ottawan, Pennsylvania → Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia → Philadelphian, Pomerania → Pomeranian, Regina → Reginan, Riga → Rigan, Rome → Roman, San Antonio → San Antonian, San Diego → San Diegan, San Francisco → San Franciscan, San Jose → San Josean, Sardinia → Sardinian, Silesia → Silesian, Sicily → Sicilian, Sofia → Sofian, Sumatra → Sumatran, Tahiti → Tahitian, Tasmania → Tasmanian, Transylvania → Transylvanian, Tucson → Tucsonan, Tulsa → Tulsan, Utah → Utahn, Victoria → Victorian, Wallachia → Wallachian )

Sometimes other varieties such as port, Cognac, Madeira, calvados, beer, and Bordeaux wine are used.

Madeira was a favorite of Thomas Jefferson, and it was used to toast the Declaration of Independence.

A bottle of Madeira was used by visiting Captain James Server to christen the USS Constitution in 1797.

To combat these threats, Madeira vineyards are often planted low trellises, known as latada, that raise the canopy of the vine off the ground similar to a style used in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal.

* Cuba de Calor: The most common, used for low cost Madeira, is bulk aging in low stainless steel or concrete tanks surrounded by either heat coils or piping that allow hot water to circulate around the container.

* Armazém de Calor: Only used by the Madeira Wine Institute, this method involves storing the wine in large wooden casks in a specially designed room outfitted with steam-producing tanks or pipes that heat the room, creating a type of sauna.

The four major styles of Madeira are named according to the grape variety used.

Madeira wine is commonly used in sauce madère ( Madeira sauce ).

In the past, the names Malvasia, Malvazia, and Malmsey have been used interchangeably for Malvasia-based wines ; however, in modern oenology, " Malmsey " is now used almost exclusively for a sweet variety of Madeira wine made from the Malvasia grape.

Malvasia Candida ( different from the variety known as Malvasia di Candia ) has been historically grown on the island of Madeira being used to produce the sweetest style of Madeira wine known Malmsey.

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This tradition was taken to Hawaii, where Shrove Tuesday is known as Malasada Day, which dates back to the days of the sugar plantations of the 1800s, the resident Catholic Portuguese ( mostly from Madeira and the Azores ) workers used up butter and sugar prior to Lent by making large batches of malasadas.

The first attempt to colonise Brazil followed the system of hereditary captaincies ( Capitanias Hereditárias ), which had previously been used successfully in the colonization of the Madeira Island.

Colonization was effectively begun in 1534, when Dom João III divided the territory into twelve hereditary captaincies, a model that had previously been used successfully in the colonization of the Madeira Island, but this arrangement proved problematic and in 1549 the king assigned a Governor-General to administer the entire colony, Tomé de Sousa.

The escudo was used in the Portuguese mainland, the Azores and Madeira, with no distinction of coins or banknotes.

Currently, Terminal 2 is used for scheduled domestic flights ( including Madeira and Azores ), while the main building ( now referred to as Terminal 1 ) handles all international flights – scheduled and chartered.

Subsequently Madeira used stamps of Portugal, with two exceptions ; the first was the Pombal Issue of postal tax stamps in 1925, and a variant on the Ceres design, issued 1 May 1928.

The club adopted the red and green colours of the new Republican flag of Portugal to distinguish themselves from rivals Club Sports da Madeira, who used the blue and white colours of the old monarchy flag which had been replaced 15 days earlier.

Along with the incept commercial activity, commonly used to support the local market, the parish has also expanded into hostelry to expand local revenues, while the Campo de Golfe da Madeira ( the oldest golf course on Madeira, has already attracted many of the important athletes of the sport.