Cameroons

[ kam-uh-roonz ]

/ ˌkæm əˈrunz /

noun (used with a singular verb)

German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.

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.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Cameroons

Cam·e·roon·i·an, adjective, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for Cameroons

The Cameroons, larger than the Fatherland, took much longer to subdue, and the operations were of a more arduous nature.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
Erzerum had balanced Kut, and the Cameroons had ceased to be a German land.
A Short History of the Great War|A. F. Pollard
The principal work of the winter was the reduction of the Cameroons.
A Short History of the Great War|A. F. Pollard
For two years the unfortunate man had trembled and suffered in the Cameroons, in Germany, in the rainy Marshalls.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson

Here Malietoa interrupted himself to say it was the only tree bearing in the Cameroons.
A Footnote to History|Robert Louis Stevenson

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