Cameroon

American  

[kam-uh-roon] / ˌkæm əˈrun /

noun

1. Official Name United Republic of Cameroon.  Former Official Name Federal Republic of Cameroon.  Also an independent republic in western Africa: formed 1960 by the French trusteeship of Cameroun; Southern Cameroons incorporated as a self-governing province 1961. 183,350 sq. mi. (474,877 sq. km). Yaoundé.

2. an active volcano in western Cameroon: highest peak on the coast of western Africa. 13,370 feet (4,075 meters).

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Cameroon British  

/ ˌkæməˈruːn, ˈkæməˌruːn /

noun

1. French name: Cameroun.  German name: Kamerun.  a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)

2. an active volcano in W Cameroon: the highest peak on the West African coast. Height: 4070 m (13 352 ft)

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Cameroon Cultural  

1. Republic in west-central Africa, bordered by Nigeria to the northwest, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea to the south, and the Gulf of Guinea (part of the Atlantic Ocean) to the west. Yaounde is its capital, and Douala is its largest city.

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Cameroon was under British and French control from World War I until 1960.

Other Word Forms

• Cameroonian
  adjective
• anti-Cameroon
  adjective
• pro-Cameroon
  adjective

Example Sentences

The militia member said the number of dead was unknown, as the operation on the vast expanse of water and marshland between Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad was still ongoing.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Tropical forest loss remained high in other parts of the world, including in Bolivia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Madagascar, the researchers said.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Through the many speeches and Masses delivered in multiple languages during his trip – which took him to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea—Leo made passionate appeals against violence, authoritarianism and social injustice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

More than 120,000 people have joined Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon for an open-air Mass, the biggest crowd so far during his 11-day Africa tour.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

We ended up not speaking through the whole entirety of Cameroon and most of Gabon.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver