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Cameroonian

/ˌkæməˈɹuː.ni.ən/

Cameroonian adjective: of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the Cameroonian people or the Cameroonian language.

Adjective

Cameroonian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the Cameroonian people or the Cameroonian language.
    • 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.2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN

Noun

Cameroonian (plural Cameroonians)

  1. A person from Cameroon or of Cameroonian descent.
    • Nouma said he believes “most of the worst attacks we have suffered” were carried out by Cameroonians fighting for Boko Haram.2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN
    • 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.2025 May 21, Larry Madowo, “Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024”, in CNN

Cameroonian meaning in Bengali

Cameroonian in Bengali

ক্যামেরুনীয়

Forms of Cameroonian

pluralCameroonians

Origin of Cameroonian

From Cameroon + -ian.

Words formed from Cameroonian

Words that rhyme with Cameroonian

Questions about Cameroonian

What does Cameroonian mean?
Cameroonian means of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the Cameroonian people or the Cameroonian language.
What is Cameroonian in Bengali?
Cameroonian in Bengali is ক্যামেরুনীয়. See Cameroonian meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Cameroonian?
Cameroonian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Cameroonian?
Cameroonian is pronounced /ˌkæməˈɹuː.ni.ən/.

Words near Cameroonian in the dictionary

  1. Camerons
  2. Camerons Creek
  3. Cameroon
  4. Cameroon scaly-tail
  5. Cameroon scaly-tails
  6. Cameroonian
  7. Cameroonian English
  8. Cameroonian Pidgin English
  9. Cameroonianness
  10. Cameroonians
  11. Cameroons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cameroonian (page history and authors); Cameroonian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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