See also: camarões

Portuguese edit

 
Bandeira da República dos Camarões

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

 

  • (file)
  • Homophone: camarões
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ma‧rões

Proper noun edit

Camarões m pl or m

  1. 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.

Derived terms edit