Camarões

See also: camarões

Portuguese

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]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.mɐˈɾõj̃ʃ/

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

Proper noun

Camarões m pl or m (sometimes plural only, in variation)

  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

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