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 Word Forms

• Cameroonian adjective

Example Sentences

He had been captured in the French Cameroons in 1946 and at first would only respond to French.

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In his first book, he ventures to then-British Cameroons; in the second installment, he journeys to Argentina, the land of peccaries, tapirs, seriemas and other fascinating fauna.

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Under United Nations trusteeship, the French administered area gained independence in 1960 while the southern British Cameroons voted to join French Cameroon in a federation in 1961.

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The Southern Cameroons Defence Forces is trying to get other militias on board to mixed results, according to the BBC.

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Even in his own party, it is as if the Cameroons never happened.

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