Camarões

See also: camarões

Portuguese

Bandeira da República dos Camarões

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]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾõj̃ʃ/ [ka.maˈɾõɪ̯̃ʃ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.mɐˈɾõj̃ʃ/

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

Proper noun

Camarões m pl or m

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

camaronense
camaronês

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