"Cameroonian" meaning in English

See Cameroonian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Cameroon + -ian. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Cameroon|-ian}} Cameroon + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Cameroonian (not comparable)
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the Cameroonian people or the Cameroonian language. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: Cameroonian English, Cameroonianness, Cameroonian Pidgin English Translations (pertaining to Cameroon): Kameroens (Afrikaans), camerunès (Catalan), kamerunský (Czech), camerounsk (Danish), Kameroens (Dutch), kamerunlane (Estonian), kamerunilainen (Finnish), camerunés (Galician), kamerunisch (German), καμερουνέζικος (kamerounézikos) (Greek), camerunense (Italian), kamerunsk (Norwegian Bokmål), kamerunsk (Norwegian Nynorsk), kameruński (Polish), camaronês (Portuguese), camerunez (Romanian), камеру́нский (kamerúnskij) (Russian), camerunés (Spanish), kamerunsk (Swedish), камеру́нський (kamerúnsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
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Noun

Forms: Cameroonians [plural]
Etymology: From Cameroon + -ian. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Cameroon|-ian}} Cameroon + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Cameroonian (plural Cameroonians)
  1. A person from Cameroon or of Cameroonian descent. Hypernyms: sub-Saharan, African Translations (person from Cameroon): Kameroener (Afrikaans), camerunès [masculine] (Catalan), Kamerunec [masculine] (Czech), Kameruňan [masculine] (Czech), camerouner [common-gender] (Danish), Kameroener [masculine] (Dutch), Kameroense [feminine] (Dutch), kamerunilainen (Finnish), Camerounais [masculine] (French), Camerounaise [feminine] (French), camerunés [masculine] (Galician), Kameruner [masculine] (German), Kamerunerin [feminine] (German), Καμερουνέζος (Kamerounézos) [masculine] (Greek), Καμερουνέζα (Kamerounéza) [feminine] (Greek), kameruner [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kamerunar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Kameruńczyk [masculine] (Polish), Kamerunka [feminine] (Polish), camaronês [masculine] (Portuguese), camaronesa [feminine] (Portuguese), camerunez [masculine] (Romanian), cameruneză [feminine] (Romanian), камеру́нец (kamerúnec) [masculine] (Russian), камеру́нка (kamerúnka) [feminine] (Russian), camerunés [masculine] (Spanish), Mkameruni (Swahili), kamerunare [common-gender, masculine] (Swedish), kamerunska [common-gender, feminine] (Swedish), kamerunier [common-gender] (Swedish), Kamerunlu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Cameroonian-en-noun-XIPX1ysm Categories (other): Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Cameroon Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Cameroon: 49 51

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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "pertaining to Cameroon",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "pertaining to Cameroon",
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      "word": "камеру́нський"
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kamerunerin"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "Kamerounézos",
      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "word": "Καμερουνέζος"
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      "roman": "Kamerounéza",
      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "word": "Καμερουνέζα"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kamerunka"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "word": "cameruneză"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "word": "камеру́нец"
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "word": "камеру́нка"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person from Cameroon",
      "word": "Kamerunlu"
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  ],
  "word": "Cameroonian"
}

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