Cameroons

[ kam-uh-roonz ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
2. Also called British Cameroons. the NW part of this region: a British mandate 1919–46 and trusteeship 1946–61; by a 1961 plebiscite the S part Southern Cameroons joined the United Republic of Cameroon and the N part Northern Cameroons joined Nigeria.

Other Words From

• Cam·e·roon·i·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

The Cameroons, larger than the Fatherland, took much longer to subdue, and the operations were of a more arduous nature.

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Here 51 Malietoa interrupted himself to say it was the only tree bearing in the Cameroons.

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On the passage from the Cameroons to Germany, he had great delight to see the cliffs of England.

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For two years the unfortunate man had trembled and suffered in the Cameroons, in Germany, in the rainy Marshalls.

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Two days after we had stored away the mahogany we anchored off Duala, the capital of the German Cameroons.

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