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Cameroonian

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌkæməˈɹuː.ni.ən/
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  • rhymes with -uːniən

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the Cameroonian people or the Cameroonian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person from Cameroon or of Cameroonian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sub-Saharan, African

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Cameroonian capital

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a native or inhabitant of Cameroon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: African

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Cameroon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Cameroonian From Cameroon + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Kameroens — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Catalan: camerunès — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Czech: kamerunský — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Danish: camerounsk — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Dutch: Kameroens — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Estonian: kamerunlane — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Finnish: kamerunilainen — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Galician: camerunés — pertaining to Cameroon
  • German: kamerunisch — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Greek: καμερουνέζικος (kamerounézikos) — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Italian: camerunense — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kamerunsk — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kamerunsk — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Polish: kameruński — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Portuguese: camaronês — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Romanian: camerunez — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Russian: камеру́нский (kamerúnskij) — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Spanish: camerunés — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Swedish: kamerunsk — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Ukrainian: камеру́нський (kamerúnsʹkyj) — pertaining to Cameroon
  • Afrikaans: Kameroener — person from Cameroon
  • Catalan: camerunès — person from Cameroon
  • Czech: Kamerunec — person from Cameroon
  • Czech: Kameruňan — person from Cameroon
  • Danish: camerouner — person from Cameroon
  • Dutch: Kameroener — person from Cameroon
  • Dutch: Kameroense — person from Cameroon
  • Finnish: kamerunilainen — person from Cameroon
  • French: Camerounais — person from Cameroon
  • French: Camerounaise — person from Cameroon
  • Galician: camerunés — person from Cameroon
  • German: Kameruner — person from Cameroon
  • German: Kamerunerin — person from Cameroon
  • Greek: Καμερουνέζος (Kamerounézos) — person from Cameroon
  • Greek: Καμερουνέζα (Kamerounéza) — person from Cameroon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kameruner — person from Cameroon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kamerunar — person from Cameroon
  • Polish: Kameruńczyk — person from Cameroon
  • Polish: Kamerunka — person from Cameroon
  • Portuguese: camaronês — person from Cameroon
  • Portuguese: camaronesa — person from Cameroon
  • Romanian: camerunez — person from Cameroon
  • Romanian: cameruneză — person from Cameroon
  • Russian: камеру́нец (kamerúnec) — person from Cameroon
  • Russian: камеру́нка (kamerúnka) — person from Cameroon
  • Spanish: camerunés — person from Cameroon
  • Swahili: Mkameruni — person from Cameroon
  • Swedish: kamerunare — person from Cameroon
  • Swedish: kamerunska — person from Cameroon
  • Swedish: kamerunier — person from Cameroon
  • Turkish: Kamerunlu — person from Cameroon
Real reading context

Cameroonian in complete knowledge articles