Cameroon
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Cameroon¹
- /kæməˈɹuːn/
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French Cameroun, from Portuguese Rio dos Camarões (“river of prawns”), a name given to the Wouri river estuary, in 1472 by the sailors of the Portuguese explorer Fernão do Pó (a.k.a. Fernando Pó), raving about the abundance of shrimps of the species Lepidophthalmus turneranus (the Cameroon ghost shrimp) in the river; camarão itself is from Latin cammarus (“lobster”), from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros, “a kind of lobster or shrimp”).
proper noun
- A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Cameroon. Capital: Yaoundé. It also claims Ambazonia. Security officials say such a move makes it easy for Boko Haram to infiltrate Cameroon and gather vital security information.
noun Cameroons
- A sheep of a domesticated breed from West Africa.
Cameroon²
Where it comes from
Alteration of Cameron, influenced by -oon.
noun Cameroons
- A Conservative Party member with green or social liberal leanings, supporting the policies of David Cameron. He fears that in downplaying traditional Conservative causes, in changing the party to be more in tune with modern Britain, the Cameroons have in effect accepted that they won't change the country much in office.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cameroun, nigeria, botswana, yaoundé, cameroonian, brazil, cambodia, comoros, iceland, mexico, norway, bulgaria, ireland, senegal, yaounde, country
Translations
Every language
name country in Central Africa
| Español | Camerún |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 카메룬 Kamerun |
| 日本語 | カメルーン Kamerūn |
| 中文 | 喀麥隆 /喀麦隆 Kāmàilóng |
| हिन्दी | कैमरून kaimrūn |
| Kiswahili | Kameruni |
| Português | Camarões |
| Français | Cameroun |
| Deutsch | Kamerun |
| Italiano | Camerun |
| Ελληνικά | Καμερούν Kameroún |
| Română | Camerun |
| Русский | Камеру́н Kamerún |
| Tiếng Việt | Ca-mơ-run |
| العربية | الْكَامِيرُون al-kāmīrūn, الْكَمِيرُون al-kamīrūn |
| עברית | קִמְרוֹן kamerun |
Talk about this word "Cameroon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cameroon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Cameroon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cameroon "Cameroon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cameroon.Cite this
@misc{cameroon_2026,
title = {Cameroon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cameroon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
