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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ma·dras /ˈmædrəs; məˈdræs, ˈdrɑs/
 一種薄棉布

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 ma·dras n.
 1. A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans.
    A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow madras turban . . . crouched against the wall.    --G. W. Cable.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Madras
      n 1: a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of
           Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras [syn: Tamil Nadu]
      2: a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
         [syn: Chennai]
      3: a light patterned cotton cloth