Cameroonian

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekder.

Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros)bor.

Latin cammārus

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ōnem

Old Galician-Portuguese -on

Portuguese -ão

Portuguese camarão

Portuguese Rio dos Camarões

Portuguese Camarõesbor.

French Camerounbor.

English Cameroon

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānusbor.

English -ian

English Cameroonian

From Cameroon + -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæməˈɹuː.ni.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːniən

Adjective

Cameroonian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the Cameroonian people or the Cameroonian language.
   • 2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 October 2025:

     In January, Boko Haram struck Fotokol, a Cameroonian town separated by only a bridge from Gambarou, Nigeria, a stronghold of the Islamist extremists. The attackers killed more than 400 people.

Derived terms

• Cameroonian English
• Cameroonianness
• Cameroonian Pidgin English

Translations

pertaining to Cameroon

• Afrikaans: Kameroens
• Catalan: camerunès (ca)
• Czech: kamerunský (cs)
• Danish: camerounsk
• Dutch: Kameroens (nl)
• Estonian: kamerunlane
• Finnish: kamerunilainen (fi)
• Galician: camerunés (gl)
• German: kamerunisch (de)
• Greek: καμερουνέζικος (el) (kamerounézikos)
• Italian: camerunense
• Kazakh: камерундік (kamerüwndik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kamerunsk

  Nynorsk: kamerunsk (nn)

• Polish: kameruński (pl)
• Portuguese: camaronês (pt)
• Romanian: camerunez (ro)
• Russian: камеру́нский (ru) (kamerúnskij)
• Spanish: camerunés (es)
• Swedish: kamerunsk (sv)
• Ukrainian: камеру́нський (kamerúnsʹkyj)

Noun

Cameroonian (plural Cameroonians)

1. A person from Cameroon or of Cameroonian descent.

   Hypernyms: sub-Saharan, African

   • 2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 21 October 2025:

     Nouma said he believes “most of the worst attacks we have suffered” were carried out by Cameroonians fighting for Boko Haram.

   • 2025 May 21, Larry Madowo, “Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024”, in CNN‎^[3], archived from the original on 7 March 2026:

     Cameroonian Jean Mboulé was born in France but when he applied for a visa in 2022 alongside his wife using similar documents, his application was rejected but hers was not.

Translations

person from Cameroon

• Afrikaans: Kameroener
• Catalan: camerunès (ca) m
• Czech: Kamerunec (cs) m, Kameruňan (cs) m
• Danish: camerouner c
• Dutch: Kameroener (nl) m, Kameroense (nl) f
• Finnish: kamerunilainen (fi)
• French: Camerounais (fr) m, Camerounaise (fr) f
• Galician: camerunés (gl) m
• German: Kameruner (de) m, Kamerunerin (de) f
• Greek: Καμερουνέζος (el) m (Kamerounézos), Καμερουνέζα (el) f (Kamerounéza)
• Kazakh: камерундік (kamerüwndik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kameruner m

  Nynorsk: kamerunar (nn) m

• Polish: Kameruńczyk (pl) m, Kamerunka (pl) f
• Portuguese: camaronês (pt) m, camaronesa (pt) f
• Romanian: camerunez (ro) m, cameruneză (ro) f
• Russian: камеру́нец (ru) m (kamerúnec), камеру́нка (ru) f (kamerúnka)
• Spanish: camerunés (es) m
• Swahili: Mkameruni (sw)
• Swedish: kamerunare (sv) c (male), kamerunska (sv) c (female), kamerunier (sv) c
• Turkish: Kamerunlu (tr)