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Cameroun

American  
[kam-roon, kam-roon] / kæmˈrun, kamˈrun /

noun

  1. Cameroon.

  2. Also called French Cameroons.  a former French mandate (1919–46) and trusteeship (1946–60) in W Africa: independence 1960: now part of the United Republic of Cameroon.


Cameroun British  
/ kamrun /

noun

  1. the French name for Cameroon

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"We expect thousands more in the coming weeks," says Samuel Cameroun at Minawao refugee camp, which currently hosts 17,000 people.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2014

Cameroun happily prepared to embellish its flag with a shrimp, since the country's name derives from the Portuguese word for shrimp, camar?o.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. V. Anomah Ngu, of the Center of Health Sciences, Federal Republic of Cameroun, also has patients who have survived ten years thanks to chemotherapy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Conditions were scarcely better at that weekend's quarterfinal for the Coupe du Cameroun, the national championship.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Cameroun port town of Douala, shop and office windows are festooned with signs reading "No help needed."

From Time Magazine Archive