Camarões
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See also: camarões
Portuguese[edit]
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]
Proper noun[edit]
Camarões m pl or m
- 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.