Madera
Central Valley county
Madera is a city in California's Central Valley, in the agricultural San Joaquin region.
The name comes from Spanish for "wood" or "timber," reflecting the area's early lumber industry.
Madera County surrounds it.
The word also appears in wine contexts, where it's sometimes confused with Madeira, the Portuguese island known for fortified wines.
Tree-derived building material
- lumberSawn wood for building
- timberWood for construction
- oakQuercus genus member
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
carpentry · firewood · sawmill · bosque · plank · board · forestry · hardwood
West coast megastate
- FresnoCentral California county seat
- San Joaquin ValleyCentral California agricultural region
- countyLocal administrative division
- Central ValleyCalifornia's main farming region
vineyards · agriculture · raisins · almonds · figs · winery · Sierra Nevada · foothills
Made more resistant
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- dessert wineSweet post-meal libation
- oxidizedCombined with oxygen
- barrel-agedMatured in wooden vessels
cooking wine · vintage · cask · sweet · dry · aperitif · solera · harvest
Tree-derived building material
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
- islandWater-bounded land mass
terraces · bananas · embroidery · wicker · toboggan · Monte · subtropical · tourism
wood
Tree-derived building material
pine · carpentry · firewood · sawmill · bosque · plank · board · forestry · hardwood · grain
California
West coast megastate
- FresnoCentral California county seat
- San Joaquin ValleyCentral California agricultural region
- countyLocal administrative division
Central Valley · vineyards · agriculture · raisins · almonds · figs · winery · Sierra Nevada · foothills · Yosemite
fortified
Made more resistant
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- dessert wineSweet post-meal libation
- oxidizedCombined with oxygen
barrel-aged · cooking wine · vintage · cask · sweet · dry · aperitif · solera · harvest · varietal
wood
Tree-derived building material
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
island · terraces · bananas · embroidery · wicker · toboggan · Monte · subtropical · tourism · cruise
- made matters worseIncreased existing difficulties
- Madeira cakeDense British butter cake