French Cameroons
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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He had been captured in the French Cameroons in 1946 and at first would only respond to French.
From BBC
Jean-Marie Medza is a French Cameroons Negro who goes to college 40 miles from his native village, flunks his finals and returns home only to find himself saddled with a task for which college did not prepare him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who's Who in the Cameroons Sir: Your Dec. 2 report on the French Cameroons called "Jungle Terror" conveys an erroneous picture of the situation.
From Time Magazine Archive
With anthropology as his excuse, he went to the French Cameroons not to help bear the white man's burden but as a holiday from civilization.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week a primitive corner of West Africa's French Cameroons was enjoying a gold strike that seemed to be bringing nothing but happiness to everyone involved�everyone, that is, except the man who found the gold.
From Time Magazine Archive
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