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Cameroun

American  
[kam-roon, kam-roon] / kæmˈrun, kamˈrun /

noun

  1. Cameroon.

  2. Also called French Cameroons.  a former French mandate (1919–46) and trusteeship (1946–60) in W Africa: independence 1960: now part of the United Republic of Cameroon.


Cameroun British  
/ kamrun /

noun

  1. the French name for Cameroon

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"We expect thousands more in the coming weeks," says Samuel Cameroun at Minawao refugee camp, which currently hosts 17,000 people.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2014

In Cameroun, President Ahmadou Ahidjo is up against a powerful separatist movement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Western observers hastily advised that world reaction might be derisive, and Cameroun settled for a prosaic tricolor.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Cameroun port town of Douala, shop and office windows are festooned with signs reading "No help needed."

From Time Magazine Archive

When he went as missionary to the French Cameroun in 1932 it was to replace a man who had been fatally stung by an insect.

From Time Magazine Archive