Yaoundé

[ya-oon-dey]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Cameroon, in the SW part.

Yaoundé

/ jaunde /

noun

1. the capital of Cameroon, in the southwest: University of Cameroon (1962). Pop: 1 727 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

At the close of polling on Sunday evening, supporters in a district of the capital Yaounde known as a Tchiroma stronghold, chanted "Goodbye Paul Biya. Tchiroma is coming."

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Cameroon drew 0-0 with Angola in Yaounde.

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But after the matchday three loss in Yaounde, Cape Verde won five consecutive qualifiers, including crucial one-goal victories away to Angola and at home to Cameroon.

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Security forces were still strategically placed around the capital Yaounde on Monday, AFP journalists saw, as activities returned to normal following Sunday's poll.

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"Voting passed off calmly," an official from the national electoral authority, Jean-Alain Andzongo, told AFP, at a voting station in the capital Yaounde.

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