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Cameroon en · NOUN · etymology 1
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Pre-Greekder.
Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros)bor.
Latin cammārus
Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.
Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?
Latin -ōnem
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”).
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A sheep of a domesticated breed from West Africa.
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wikipedia: Fernão do Pó · wikipedia: Wouri River · wikipedia: Lepidophthalmus turneranus
Cameroon en · PROPN · etymology 1
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Etymology
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Pre-Greekder.
Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros)bor.
Latin cammārus
Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.
Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?
Latin -ōnem
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”).
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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.
2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN:
Deriveds
Cameroon scaly-tail · Cameroonian
Hypernyms
Subsahara
Translations (95)
is Kamerún (country in Central Africa) · aii ܟܵܡܝܼܪܘܿܢ (country in Central Africa) · ckb کامیرۆن (country in Central Africa) · uz Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · gl Camerún (country in Central Africa) · ky Камерун (country in Central Africa) · cs Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · kln Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · si කැමරූන් (country in Central Africa) · my ကင်မရွန်း (country in Central Africa) · sh Камерун (country in Central Africa) · el Καμερούν (country in Central Africa) · lv Kamerūna (country in Central Africa) · sk Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · hi कैमरून (country in Central Africa) · sco Cameroon (country in Central Africa) · fa کامرون (country in Central Africa) · uk Камеру́н (country in Central Africa) · af Kameroen (country in Central Africa) · kam Kameluni (country in Central Africa) · eo Kameruno (country in Central Africa) · sq Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · sl Kámerun (country in Central Africa) · ur کیمرون (country in Central Africa) · ka კამერუნი (country in Central Africa) · sw Kameruni (country in Central Africa) · yo Kamẹrúùnù (country in Central Africa) · bo ཁམ་མུ་རོན (country in Central Africa) · ki Kaamerun (country in Central Africa) · fi Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · da Cameroun (country in Central Africa) · mt il-Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · th แคเมอรูน (country in Central Africa) · ko 카메룬 (country in Central Africa) · ha Kàmàr̃u (country in Central Africa) · it Camerun (country in Central Africa) · ja カメルーン (country in Central Africa) · ru Камеру́н (country in Central Africa) · br Kameroun (country in Central Africa) · nrf Cameroun (country in Central Africa) · kk Камерун (country in Central Africa) · ro Camerun (country in Central Africa) · nv Táłtłʼááh Chʼosh Daadánígíí Bitooh (country in Central Africa) · tr Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · mk Камерун (country in Central Africa) · ko 까메룬 (country in Central Africa) · nb Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · es Camerún (country in Central Africa) · mi Kamarūna (country in Central Africa) · gur Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · sv Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · lt Kamerūnas (country in Central Africa) · luo Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · km កាមេរូន (country in Central Africa) · be Камеру́н (country in Central Africa) · pt Camarões (country in Central Africa) · az Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · ar الْكَامِيرُون (country in Central Africa) · dv ކެމަރޫން (country in Central Africa) · ga Camarún (country in Central Africa) · tl Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · mer Kameruni (country in Central Africa) · bg Камеру́н (country in Central Africa) · vi Ca-mơ-run (country in Central Africa) · eu Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · ta கமெரூன் (country in Central Africa) · rsk Камерун (country in Central Africa) · de Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · hy Կամերուն (country in Central Africa) · mn Камерун (country in Central Africa) · ug كامېرۇن (country in Central Africa) · pih Cameroon (country in Central Africa) · pl Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · eo Kamerunio (country in Central Africa) · vro Kamõrun (country in Central Africa) · nn Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · am ካሜሩን (country in Central Africa) · luy Kameruni (country in Central Africa) · ta கேமரூன் (country in Central Africa) · cmn 喀麥隆 /喀麦隆 (country in Central Africa) · et Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · ca Camerun (country in Central Africa) · wal Kaameruun (country in Central Africa) · tk Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · fr Cameroun (country in Central Africa) · bn ক্যামেরুন (country in Central Africa) · ia Cameroun (country in Central Africa) · tg Камерун (country in Central Africa) · nl Kameroen (country in Central Africa) · fo Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · he קִמְרוֹן (country in Central Africa) · ar الْكَمِيرُون (country in Central Africa) · hu Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · sh Kamerun (country in Central Africa) · ta கமரூன் (country in Central Africa)
wikipedia: Fernão do Pó · wikidata: Q1009 · wikipedia: Wouri River · wikipedia: Lepidophthalmus turneranus
Cameroon en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
Alteration of Cameron, influenced by -oon.
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(UK) 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.
2007 March 21, Andy Beckett, “The Cameroons”, in The Guardian:Mr Cameron won significantly smaller vote shares than either Theresa May or Boris Johnson. There are not many Cameroons in Britain. Outside some newspaper op-ed pages, there never were.
2023 November 13, Bagehot, “What David Cameron's return says about British politics”, in Economist:Maude was a moderniser before modernity dawned in the Tory ranks, a Cameroon before David Cameron.
2012 March 30, James Chapman, “Gorgeous George and why Ed Miliband must now pray Ken Livingstone wins London”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 19 May 2012:Today, I spy a coalition outrider: Nick Boles, MP for Grantham, founder of Policy Exchange and the archetypal Cameroon ultra-modernizer. I don’t think Boles even owned a tie until he was elected to the House of Commons. That’s how much of a Cameroon the man is.
2010 September 13, Iain Martin, “Nick Boles: The Coalition’s Cameroon Outrider”, in Wall Street Journal:
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Brownite · Thatcherite · Blairite