Camarões

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Portuguese[edit]

Bandeira da República dos Camarões

Etymology[edit]

After Rio dos Camarões (River of Shrimps), an early name of the Wouri River coined by Portuguese explorers, from camarão (shrimp).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • (file)
  • Homophone: camarões
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ma‧rões

Proper noun[edit]

Camarões m pl or m

  1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
    Synonym: (official name) República dos Camarões

Usage notes[edit]

Chiefly used in the plural in European Portuguese and in the singular in Brazilian Portuguese.

Derived terms[edit]