Camarões
See also: camarões
Portuguese
editEtymology
editAfter Rio dos Camarões (“River of Shrimps”), an early name of the Wouri River coined by Portuguese explorers, from camarão (“shrimp”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editCamarões m pl or m
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
- Synonym: (official name) República dos Camarões
Usage notes
editChiefly used in the plural in European Portuguese and in the singular in Brazilian Portuguese.