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