Cameroon
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- proper noun
- /ˌkæməˈrun/
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Camerún
- Most villagers in Cameroon are Muslim or members of either the Catholic or Protestant churches.
- Cameroon Grasslands
- Cameroon Grassfields
- Cameroon border
I was in Cameroon and they have these huge trenching machines.
- I was in Cameroon and they have these huge trenching machines.
- I'm from Cameroon and I'm gonna move to Los Angeles.
- So I grew up in Cameroon, so we have a culture of a soccer, of soccer, of football.
- Some questions that are being raised as this doctor is trying to make his way into Cameroon.
- I think of one woman in particular in Cameroon who was fighting against the the poachers.
- Like I said, when I was in Cameroon, I saw the Chinese, they'd be camps, you guys, huge, huge camps.
- I see Chinese guys all I was in Cameroon, Africa, man, they're they're a dropping in.
- Secondly, I needed a visa to go to Ghana me from Cameroon.
Examples
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In Group E, Cameroon went down 2-1 to the Netherlands.
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I have always wanted to visit Cameroon for its rich culture and beautiful landscapes.
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So they must come out here, near the Cameroon border.
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This river will get us straight into Cameroon.
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We'll meet up again in Cameroon.
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Yes, but I'm going home soon, going back to Cameroon next week.
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The Cameroon ambassador wants to see us in the morning.
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I'm from Cameroon and I'm gonna move to Los Angeles.
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Life-size sculptures from the forest region of southwestern Cameroon are rare in museums of the Western world.
Academic text (1999) -
But what I learned was that people in Cameroon were consuming this particular spice, which tastes a little bit like nutmeg, this superfood, every single day.
Synonyms
A country in central Africa on the Atlantic coast
A country in west-central Africa that English speakers often call Cameroon
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cameroon comes from the Portuguese name Rio dos Camarões, which means 'river of shrimps'. Early Portuguese sailors named the river for the many shrimp they found there, and that river name later became the name of the country.