CAMEROON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cameroon mean? 

• CAMEROON (noun)
  The noun CAMEROON has 2 senses:

1. an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast

2. a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960

  Familiarity information: CAMEROON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMEROON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)

Holonyms ("Cameroon" is a part of...):

Cameroon; Cameroun; Republic of Cameroon (a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cameroon; Cameroun; Republic of Cameroon

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Cameroon"):

capital of Cameroon; Yaounde (the capital of Cameroon)

Douala (the largest city of Cameroon)

Cameroon (an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast)

Meronyms (members of "Cameroon"):

Cameroonian (a native or inhabitant of Cameroon)

Holonyms ("Cameroon" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Derivation:

Cameroonian (of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people)

 Context examples 

A country in western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cameroon and Gabon; composed of a mainland portion and five inhabited islands.

(Equatorial Guinea, NCI Thesaurus)

Speaking with VOA from Cameroon, he said that will give scientists an important tool to monitor the spread of insect resistance throughout the continent.

(Malaria-carrying Mosquitoes Becoming Resistant to Bed Nets in Southern Africa, VOA)

Another project that began in March in Nepal and Cameroon, Snake-Byte, is looking to understand the epidemiology and impact of snakebite.

(Snakebite resolution set for Health Assembly approval, SciDev.Net)