Camarões

See also: camarões

Portuguese

Bandeira da República dos Camarões

Etymology

After Rio dos Camarões (“River of Shrimps”), an early name of the Wouri River coined by Portuguese explorers, from camarão (“shrimp”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾõj̃s/ [ka.maˈɾõɪ̯̃s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾõj̃s/ [ka.maˈɾõɪ̯̃s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾõj̃ʃ/ [ka.maˈɾõɪ̯̃ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.mɐˈɾõj̃ʃ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Homophone: camarões
• Hyphenation: Ca‧ma‧rões

Proper noun

Camarões m pl or m

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

   Synonym: (official name) República dos Camarões

Usage notes

Chiefly used in the plural in European Portuguese and in the singular in Brazilian Portuguese.

Derived terms

• camaronense
• camaronês