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Made in USA

Made in USA is a U.S. country-of-origin labeling and advertising claim. Under FTC rules, an unqualified claim requires a product be 'all or virtually all' made in the United States, codified in the 2021 Made in USA Labeling Rule, 16 CFR Part 323.

Made Kuti

Made Kuti, also known as Made Anikulapo-Kuti, is a Nigerian Afrobeat multi-instrumentalist, son of Femi and grandson of Fela Kuti, born in Lagos in 1996.

Made man

Made man: a fully initiated member (soldier) of the American Mafia, also called man of honor, goodfella, or wiseguy; entered via a blood-oath ceremony, restricted to men of Italian descent, revealed publicly by Joseph Valachi in 1963.

Made of Honor

Made of Honor is a 2008 American romantic comedy directed by Paul Weiland, starring Patrick Dempsey as a man serving as maid of honor at his best friend's wedding.

Made You Look (Euphoria)

Made You Look is the third episode of Euphoria season 1, aired on HBO June 30, 2019. Kat starts camming, Jules falls for a boy online, and Zendaya's closing breakdown won her first Emmy.

Madea

Madea (Mabel Earlene Simmons) is Tyler Perry's signature character, a gun-toting Southern grandmother debuted in his stage play I Can Do Bad All By Myself (1999/2000), modeled on his mother and aunt, and star of 12 films grossing over $500 million.

Madea Goes to Jail

Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Tyler Perry, who stars as Madea Simmons. It was the highest-grossing Madea film.

Madea's Big Happy Family (film)

Madea's Big Happy Family is a 2011 American comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Tyler Perry as Madea, adapted from his stage play and distributed by Lionsgate.

Madea's Destination Wedding

Madea's Destination Wedding (2025) is Tyler Perry's 13th Madea film and second Netflix Madea movie, released July 11, 2025, following Madea and family to the Bahamas for a rushed wedding; critically panned but No. 1 trending on Netflix.

Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion is a 2006 American comedy-drama written and directed by Tyler Perry, who stars as Madea, a matriarch court-ordered to guard a runaway teen.

Madea's Witness Protection

Madea's Witness Protection is a 2012 American comedy directed, written by, and co-starring Tyler Perry, in which a banker framed in a Ponzi scheme hides with Madea.

MadeinTYO

MadeinTYO (Malcolm Jamaal Davis, b. 1992, Honolulu) is an Atlanta-based rapper behind the 2016 hit 'Uber Everywhere' (Hot 100 #51, RIAA platinum), founder of Private Club Records with his brother 24hrs.

Madeinusa

Madeinusa (2006) is Claudia Llosa's debut feature, a Peru-Spain drama set in an Andean village where sin is suspended during Holy Time; starring Magaly Solier, it won FIPRESCI at Rotterdam.

Madeira

Madeira: Atlantic archipelago and, since 1976, one of Portugal's two autonomous regions, with its own Regional Government and Legislative Assembly, tourism-driven economy, Free Trade Zone, and 2004-deepened autonomy.

Madeira Abyssal Plain

Madeira Abyssal Plain: flat 68,000 km² deep-sea plain in the Canary Basin, NE Atlantic, over 5400 m deep, built of turbidites from NW Africa, the Canaries, and nearby seamounts; studied for ODP Leg 157 and radioactive waste disposal.

Madeira Airport

Madeira Airport, also known as Funchal Airport and officially Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport, serves the Portuguese island of Madeira. Opened in 1964, it is famous for its runway extension built on columns above the sea.

Madeira Botanical Garden Engineer Rui Vieira

Madeira Botanical Garden – Eng. Rui Vieira (Jardim Botânico da Madeira), public botanical garden in Funchal created 30 April 1960, named for first director Rui Manuel da Silva Vieira; 8 ha, over 2,000 exotic plants, endemic-species conservation.

Madeira River

Madeira River, largest Amazon tributary (Mamoré + Beni at Villa Bella), ~1,200 km to the Amazon; whitewater, ~430 Mt/yr sediment, Santo Antônio and Jirau dams, record 2014 flood and 2024 drought.

Madeira Surf Center

Madeira Surf Center is a surf school and maritime-tourist operator in São Vicente on Madeira's north coast, registered as RNAAT 295/2020 under Ruben Afonso Unipessoal Lda., offering surf and SUP lessons at Seixal and Baía dos Juncos, rentals, and lodge packages.

Madeira Thematic Park

Madeira Thematic Park (Parque Temático da Madeira) is a 7-hectare cultural park in Santana, Madeira, opened October 2004 and run by SDNM S.A., showcasing traditional houses, crafts, and island history.

Madeira wine

Madeira wine (vinho da Madeira) is a Portuguese fortified wine, 17-22% vol., from Madeira island, aged with heat (estufagem or canteiro), in dry Sercial to sweet Malvasia styles, famously long-lived.

MadeiraMadeira

MadeiraMadeira is a Brazilian online marketplace for furniture and home goods, founded in 2009 in Curitiba and holding nearly 30% of Brazil's online furniture market.

Madejski Stadium

Madejski Stadium (Select Car Leasing Stadium since 2021), Reading FC's 24,161-seat all-seater home in Reading, England, opened 22 August 1998 at a cost of about £50 million, named after Sir John Madejski, replacing Elm Park.

Madelaine Petsch

Madelaine Petsch (born 1994, Port Orchard, Washington) is an American actress and producer known for Cheryl Blossom on Riverdale (2017–2023) and as Maya in The Strangers trilogy; not the model Haley Baylee.

Madeleine (1950 film)

Madeleine (1950) is David Lean's British courtroom drama starring Ann Todd as Madeleine Smith, tried in 1857 for poisoning her lover Emile L'Angelier; a 'not proven' verdict, an unsuccessful release, and later critical reassessment.

Madeleine (cake)

Madeleine (cake): small French sponge cake from Commercy, Lorraine, baked in a scallop-shell mold with a signature hump; famed for Proust's In Search of Lost Time episode and the Madeleine Paulmier origin legend.

Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright (Marie Jana Korbel, 1937–2022), Czech-born American refugee and diplomat, first woman U.S. Secretary of State (1997–2001) and first female UN ambassador (1993–1997) under Bill Clinton.

Madeleine Astor

Madeleine Talmage Force Astor (1893–1940), American socialite, Titanic first-class survivor in lifeboat 4, pregnant teenage wife of John Jacob Astor IV; mother of the "Titanic baby," John Jacob Astor VI.

Madeleine Carroll

Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987), British-American actress born in West Bromwich, star of Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935) and Secret Agent, Hollywood lead in The Prisoner of Zenda and My Favorite Blonde, highest-paid actress of the late 1930s, wartime Red Cross worker.

Madeleine Chamot Berthod

Madeleine Chamot Berthod, born 1 February 1931 in Morrens, Switzerland, alpine skier; won the 1956 Cortina Olympic downhill by 4.7 seconds, the largest women's margin in Olympic alpine history.