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Camarões
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camarões
Portuguese
pt:
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Etymology
pt Rio dos Camarões<ety:from<camarão>>
After pt Rio dos Camarões River of Shrimps, an early name of the Wouri River coined by Portuguese explorers, from pt camarão shrimp.
Pronunciation
pt LL-Q5146 (por)-NMaia-Camarões.wav BR
pt õj̃s<a:Brazil> õj̃ʃ<a:Rio de Janeiro,Portugal> 3
pt camarões
pt Ca ma rões
Proper noun
m,m-p camaronês,camaronense
pt Cameroon Q1009 República dos Camarões Yaoundé
Usage notes
Chiefly used in the plural in European Portuguese and in the singular in Brazilian Portuguese.
Descendants
fr Cameroun 1
See also