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Cameroon

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Cam⋅e⋅roon

  [kam-uh-roon]
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–noun
1. Also, Cameroun. Official name, United Republic of Cameroon. an independent republic in W Africa: formed 1960 by the French trusteeship of Cameroun; Southern Cameroons incorporated as a self-governing province 1961. 14,677,510; 183,350 sq. mi. (474,877 sq. km). Capital: Yaoundé.
2. an active volcano in W Cameroon: highest peak on the coast of W Africa. 13,370 ft. (4075 m).
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Cam⋅e⋅roon⋅i⋅an, adjective, noun
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Cam·e·roon   (kām'ə-rōōn')   


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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. Population: 18,100,000.
Cam'e·roo'ni·an adj. & n.
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