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MADEIRAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Madeiras mean? 

MADEIRAS (noun)
  The noun MADEIRAS has 1 sense:

1. a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Morocco; the group forms an autonomous region of Portugalplay

  Familiarity information: MADEIRAS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MADEIRAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Morocco; the group forms an autonomous region of Portugal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Madeira Islands; Madeiras

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Madeiras"):

Madeira (an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands)

Holonyms ("Madeiras" is a part of...):

Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))


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