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Kamerun

American  
[kah-muh-roon] / ˌkɑ məˈrun /

noun

  1. German name of Cameroons.


Kamerun British  
/ ˈkaməruːn /

noun

  1. the German name for Cameroon

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The report of the incident, made last week by a Kamerun plantation manager to his Berlin employers, did not mention an autopsy.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a restless day in the African Kamerun.

From Time Magazine Archive

The colony of Kamerun has an area of 190,000 square miles, and an estimated population of 3½ millions, whites numbering less than 2,000.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott

The fighting in the great region of Kamerun was somewhat more stubborn than that in Togoland.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Francis Andrew March

These pictures were photographed in Fumban, the largest and most densely populated section of Kamerun, one of Germany's colonies in Africa captured by the Allies.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller

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