name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/kæməˈɹuːn/
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rhymes with -uːn
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1
name
Meaning 1
A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Cameroon. Capital: Yaoundé. It also claims Ambazonia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A sheep of a domesticated breed from West Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A Conservative Party member with green or social liberal leanings, supporting the policies of David Cameron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Republic of Cameroon, Cameroun
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: African country, African nation
5
noun
Meaning 5
an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: volcano
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros)bor. Latin cammārus Old Galician-Portuguese -on Portuguese -ão Portuguese camarão Portuguese Rio dos Camarões Portuguese Camarõesbor. French Camerounbor. English Cameroon 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”).
Alteration of Cameron, influenced by -oon.
Across languages
Translations
95 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Kameroen
— country in Central Africa
Albanian:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Amharic:
ካሜሩን
(kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Arabic:
الْكَامِيرُون
(al-kāmīrūn)
— country in Central Africa
Arabic:
الْكَمِيرُون
(al-kamīrūn)
— country in Central Africa
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܟܵܡܝܼܪܘܿܢ
(kāmīrōn)
— country in Central Africa
Armenian:
Կամերուն
(Kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Azerbaijani:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Basque:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Belarusian:
Камеру́н
(Kamjerún)
— country in Central Africa
Bengali:
ক্যামেরুন
(kêmerun)
— country in Central Africa
Breton:
Kameroun
— country in Central Africa
Bulgarian:
Камеру́н
(Kamerún)
— country in Central Africa
Burmese:
ကင်မရွန်း
(kangma.rwan:)
— country in Central Africa
Catalan:
Camerun
— country in Central Africa
Chinese Mandarin:
喀麥隆 /喀麦隆
(Kāmàilóng)
— country in Central Africa
Czech:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Danish:
Cameroun
— country in Central Africa
Dhivehi:
ކެމަރޫން
(kemarūn̊)
— country in Central Africa
Dutch:
Kameroen
— country in Central Africa
Esperanto:
Kamerunio
— country in Central Africa
Esperanto:
Kameruno
— country in Central Africa
Estonian:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Farefare:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Faroese:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Finnish:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
French:
Cameroun
— country in Central Africa
Galician:
Camerún
— country in Central Africa
Georgian:
კამერუნი
(ḳameruni)
— country in Central Africa
German:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Greek:
Καμερούν
(Kameroún)
— country in Central Africa
Hausa:
Kàmàr̃u
— country in Central Africa
Hebrew:
קִמְרוֹן
(kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Hindi:
कैमरून
(kaimrūn)
— country in Central Africa
Hungarian:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Icelandic:
Kamerún
— country in Central Africa
Interlingua:
Cameroun
— country in Central Africa
Irish:
Camarún
— country in Central Africa
Italian:
Camerun
— country in Central Africa
Japanese:
カメルーン
(Kamerūn)
— country in Central Africa
Kalenjin:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Kamba:
Kameluni
— country in Central Africa
Kazakh:
Камерун
(Kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Khmer:
កាមេរូន
(kaameiruun)
— country in Central Africa
Kikuyu:
Kaamerun
— country in Central Africa
Korean:
카메룬
(Kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Korean:
까메룬
(Kkamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Central Kurdish:
کامیرۆن
(kamîron)
— country in Central Africa
Kyrgyz:
Камерун
(Kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Latvian:
Kamerūna
— country in Central Africa
Lithuanian:
Kamerūnas
— country in Central Africa
Luhya:
Kameruni
— country in Central Africa
Luo:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Macedonian:
Камерун
(Kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Maltese:
il-Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Māori:
Kamarūna
— country in Central Africa
Meru:
Kameruni
— country in Central Africa
Mongolian:
Камерун
(Kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Navajo:
Táłtłʼááh Chʼosh Daadánígíí Bitooh
— country in Central Africa
Norman:
Cameroun
— country in Central Africa
Norwegian Bokmål:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Pannonian Rusyn:
Камерун
(Kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Persian:
کامرون
(kâmerun)
— country in Central Africa
Pitcairn-Norfolk:
Cameroon
— country in Central Africa
Polish:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Portuguese:
Camarões
— country in Central Africa
Romanian:
Camerun
— country in Central Africa
Russian:
Камеру́н
(Kamerún)
— country in Central Africa
Scots:
Cameroon
— country in Central Africa
Serbo-Croatian:
Камерун
— country in Central Africa
Serbo-Croatian:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Sinhalese:
කැමරූන්
(kæmarūn)
— country in Central Africa
Slovak:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Slovene:
Kámerun
— country in Central Africa
Spanish:
Camerún
— country in Central Africa
Swahili:
Kameruni
— country in Central Africa
Swedish:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Tagalog:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Tajik:
Камерун
(Kamerun)
— country in Central Africa
Tamil:
கேமரூன்
(kēmarūṉ)
— country in Central Africa
Tamil:
கமரூன்
(kamarūṉ)
— country in Central Africa
Tamil:
கமெரூன்
(kamerūṉ)
— country in Central Africa
Thai:
แคเมอรูน
(kɛɛ-məə-ruun)
— country in Central Africa
Tibetan:
ཁམ་མུ་རོན
(kham mu ron)
— country in Central Africa
Turkish:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Turkmen:
Kamerun
— country in Central Africa
Ukrainian:
Камеру́н
(Kamerún)
— country in Central Africa
Urdu:
کیمرون
(kaimarūn)
— country in Central Africa
Uyghur:
كامېرۇن
(kamërun)
— country in Central Africa
