| Cameroun (def. 2). |
[kam-roon; Fr. kam-roon] 
| 1. | Cameroon (def. 1). |
| 2. | Also called French Cameroons. a former French mandate (1919–46) and trusteeship (1946–60) in W Africa: independence 1960: now part of the United Republic of Cameroon. |
| French Cameroons A former French mandate (1922-1946) and trust territory (1946-1960) of west-central Africa. It became an independent republic in 1960, and the following year it was joined with the southern portion of British Cameroons to form the present-day country of Cameroon. |