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Madeira
Madeira , river, c.2,100 mi (3,380 km) long, formed by the junction of the Beni and Mamoré rivers on the Bolivia-Brazil border. It flows north along the border for c.60 mi (100 km), then northeast in a winding course through the Rondônia and Amazonas sections of NW Brazil into the Amazon River. At its mouth is Ilha Tupinambaranas, an extensive marshy region formed by the Madeira's distributaries. The river receives numerous tributaries from the southeast and is navigable by ocean vessels to the falls and rapids near Pôrto Velho, Brazil. There the Madeira-Mamoré RR begins a 227 mi (365 km) run around the unnavigable section to Guajará-Mirim on the Mamoré River. |
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"Madeira." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Madeira." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MadeirR.html "Madeira." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MadeirR.html |
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Madeira (Browning), Jean
Madeira [Browning], Jean (b Centralia, Ill., 1918; d Providence, RI, 1972). Amer. mezzo-soprano. Solo pianist with St Louis SO 1930, then had singing lessons. Opera début 1943, Chautauqua (Nancy in Martha). Appeared at San Carlo and on European tour in title-role of The Medium. NY Met début 1948, becoming member of co. 1956–71. Member of Vienna Opera 1955. CG début 1955. Débuts: Bayreuth 1956; Salzburg 1954. Created Circe in Dallapiccola's Ulisse, Berlin 1968. A memorable Klytemnästra.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Madeira (Browning), Jean." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Madeira (Browning), Jean." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-MadeiraBrowningJean.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Madeira (Browning), Jean." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-MadeiraBrowningJean.html |
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madeira
madeira white wine of Madeira, island off N. W. Africa. XVI.
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T. F. HOAD. "madeira." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "madeira." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-madeira.html T. F. HOAD. "madeira." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-madeira.html |
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Madeira
Madeira •Altamira, chimera, clearer, Elvira, era, hearer, Hera, hetaera, interferer, lempira, lira, lire, Madeira, Megaera, monstera, rangatira, rearer, scorzonera, sera, shearer, smearer, sneerer, steerer, Thera, Utsire, Vera
•acquirer, admirer, enquirer, firer, hirer, inquirer, requirer, wirer
•devourer, flowerer, scourer
•Angostura, Bonaventura, bravura, Bujumbura, caesura, camera obscura, coloratura, curer, Dürer, durra, Estremadura, figura, fioritura, Führer, insurer, Jura, juror, Madura, nomenklatura, procurer, sura, surah, tamboura, tempura, tourer
•labourer (US laborer) • Canberra
•Attenborough
•Barbara, Scarborough
•Marlborough • Farnborough
•Deborah • rememberer
•Gainsborough • Edinburgh
•Aldeburgh • blubberer
•Loughborough
•lumberer, slumberer
•Peterborough
•Berbera, gerbera
•manufacturer • capturer • lecturer
•posturer • torturer • nurturer
•philanderer • gerrymanderer
•slanderer
•renderer, tenderer
•dodderer
•squanderer, wanderer
•borderer • launderer • flounderer
•embroiderer • Kundera
•blunderer, plunderer, thunderer, wonderer
•murderer • amphora • pilferer
•offerer • sufferer
•staggerer, swaggerer
•sniggerer
•lingerer, malingerer
•treasurer • usurer • injurer • conjuror
•perjurer • lacquerer
•Ankara, hankerer
•bickerer, dickerer
•tinkerer • conqueror • heuchera
•cellarer • cholera
•camera, stammerer
•armourer (US armorer)
•ephemera, remora
•kumara • woomera • murmurer
•Tanagra • genera • gunnera
•Tampere, tamperer
•Diaspora
•emperor, Klemperer, tempera, temperer
•caperer, paperer
•whimperer • whisperer • opera
•corpora • tessera • viscera • sorcerer
•adventurer, venturer
•batterer, chatterer, flatterer, natterer, scatterer, shatterer
•banterer
•barterer, charterer
•plasterer • shelterer • pesterer
•et cetera • caterer
•titterer, twitterer
•potterer, totterer
•fosterer
•slaughterer, waterer
•falterer, palterer
•saunterer • poulterer
•bolsterer, upholsterer
•loiterer • roisterer • fruiterer
•flutterer, mutterer, splutterer, stutterer, utterer
•adulterer • musterer • plethora
•gatherer • ditherer • furtherer
•favourer (US favorer), waverer
•deliverer, shiverer
•hoverer
•manoeuvrer (US maneuverer)
•discoverer, recoverer
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"Madeira." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Madeira." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Madeira.html "Madeira." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Madeira.html |
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