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

Pope Leo also described young people as the hope of Cameroon and the Church.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Anglophone separatists in Cameroon have announced a period of "safe travel passage" and halted fighting ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit to the conflict‑hit region this week.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The pope is slated to leave Algeria on Wednesday for Cameroon, before travelling on to Angola and Equatorial Guinea.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Leo's packed trip covering 18,000 kilometres in total also includes the central African countries of Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, with the pope due to return home on April 23.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

In particular, the most distinctive Bantu languages, and the non-Bantu Niger-Congo languages most closely related to Bantu languages, are packed into a tiny area of Cameroon and adjacent eastern Nigeria.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond