Καμερούν

Borrowed from French Cameroun, from Portuguese Rio dos Camarões (“river of prawns, in reference to the Wouri river”); camarão itself is from Latin cammarus (“lobster”), ultimately from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros, “lobster”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.meˈɾun/

Καμερούν • (Kameroún) n (indeclinable)

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

• Καμερουνέζος m (Kamerounézos, “Cameroonian”)
• Καμερουνέζα f (Kamerounéza, “Cameroonian”)
• καμερουνέζικος (kamerounézikos, “Cameroonian”, adjective)

• Καμερούν on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el