[Fr. ya-oon-dey] 
| a city in and the capital of Cameroon, in the SW part. 180,000. |
[kam-uh-roon] | 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). |
| Ya·oun·dé (yä-ōōn-dā') The capital of Cameroon, in the south-central part of the country. Population: 1,240,000. |
Republic in west-central Africa, bordered by Nigeria to the northwest, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea to the south, and the Gulf of Guinea (part of the Atlantic Ocean) to the west. Yaounde is its capital, and Douala is its largest city.
Note: Cameroon was under British and French control from World War I until 1960.
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