Meaning & History
From the name the Portuguese gave to the Wouri River, Camarões, meaning "shrimp, prawns". It was later applied to the area, becoming Kamerun when it was a German colony. This is the name of a country in central Africa.
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesKameroen(Afrikaans) Kamerun(Armenian) Kamerun(Azerbaijani) Kamerun(Bosnian) Kamerun(Bulgarian) Camerun(Catalan) Kamerun(Croatian) Kamerun(Czech) Cameroun(Danish) Kameroen(Dutch) Kamerun(Estonian) Kamerun(Finnish) Cameroun(French) Kamerun(German) Kamerun(Hungarian) Kamerun(Indonesian) Camerun(Italian) Kamerūn(Japanese) Kamerun(Kazakh) Kamerun(Korean) Kamerun(Kyrgyz) Kamerun(Macedonian) Kamerun(Norwegian) Kamerun(Polish) Camarões(Portuguese) Camerun(Romanian) Kamerun(Russian) Kamerun(Serbian) Kamerun(Slovak) Kamerun(Slovene) Camerún(Spanish) Kamerun(Swedish) Kamerun(Tajik) Kamerun(Turkish) Kamerun(Ukrainian) Kamerun(Uzbek)
