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Cameroon

Cam·e·roon

 (kăm′ə-ro͞on′)
A country of west-central Africa on the Bight of Biafra. Comprising the former French Cameroons and the southern part of British Cameroons, it became independent in 1960. Yaoundé is the capital and Douala the largest city.

Cam′e·roo′ni·an adj. & n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Cameroonian - a native or inhabitant of Cameroon
Cameroun, Republic of Cameroon, Cameroon - a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960
African - a native or inhabitant of Africa
Adj.1.Cameroonian - of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people; "the Cameroonian capital"
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Cameroonian

[ˌkæməˈruːnɪən]
A. ADJcamerunés, camerunense
B. Ncamerunés/esa m/f, camerunense mf
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The Cameroonian embassy in Holland Park, has a single flag on its balcony and an embossed sign on the pillar outside.
17 (Petra) -- An unknown number of foreign sailors were kidnapped by armed pirates off the southern Cameroonian port city of Douala, according to a source at the Cameroonian Navy.
Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar in the Feb.23 general election was a Cameroonian 'flesh and blood''.
It is in the perspective of boosting the economic and trade cooperation relations between Tunisia and Cameroon, that a Tunisian Multi-sector Business Delegation led by the CEPEX in collaboration with the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Center (CCIC) and under the auspices of the Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia in Yaounde travelled to the Cameroonian economic metropolis, Douala, from July to 3, 2019.
"Seventeen soldiers and nine civilians" were killed in the attack early Monday on Darak, a Cameroonian island located near Lake Chad, the regional security official told AFP.
The men, women and children were among 40,000 civilians who fled Rann and sought refuge in the Cameroonian village of Goura.
Cameroonian Etienne Makang Nformem and Sudanese Abdelmotalab Idris Himat Mohamed were arrested in separate incidents at the NAIA Terminal 1 by members of the BI travel control and enforcement unit.
Cameroonian President Paul Biya has won re-election by a landslide, official results showed on Monday, extending his 36-year rule despite claims from two leading opposition candidates that the vote was fraudulent, Reuters reports.
The Cameroonian guard, 26, had earlier denied the charge of the premeditated killing of his countrywoman wife, when he pleaded not guilty before the Dubai Court of First Instance.
Cairo, Dhu-AlQa'dah 12, 1439, Jul 25, 2018, SPA -- Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Usama bin Ahmed Nugali, who also serves as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the Arab League, met here today with his Cameroonian counterpart to Egypt Dr.
Cameroonian authorities are investigating the authenticity of a video purported to show the country's soldiers executing two women and their children, local media reported.