Cameroonianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌkaməˈruːnɪən/, U.S.

/ˌkæməˈruniən/

Forms: 1800s– Cameroonian, 1900s– Camerounian.

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Cameroon , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < Cameroon, Cameroun (French Cameroun), the name of a country in western Africa + -ian suffix. Compare French camerounien (1911 or earlier).The name of the country ultimately derives < Portuguese Rio dos Camarões , literally ‘shrimp river’, the name said to have been given to the Wouri River by the explorer Fernão do Pó in the second half of the 15th cent. ( < rio river (see rio n.²) + dos of the + camarões , plural of camarão kind of shrimp, cognate with Spanish camarón camaron n.); the form of the place name was apparently with influenced by association with Spanish camarones, plural of camarón. The name of the river was applied to the surrounding land and eventually used in German to form the name of the colony of Kamerun (founded in 1884). For early uses of the river name in English contexts compare:1600 J. Pory Gen. Descr. Afr. 41 in tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. North of the said slender point you haue Rio dos Camarones, or the riuer of shrimpes, which is full of little Isles.1714 Atlas Geographus IV. 371 A brief Survey of all the Coast of Guinea, from Cape Sierra Leone..to the River of Camarones.1715 E. Barlow Meteorol. Ess. ii. 48 Six of those Thirteen Places..have High-Water absolutely at VI..: to wit..Bening, Bato, Camaroon, and Danger.1732 Coll. Voy. & Trav. V. 399 I have before observed that Guinea reaches from Sierra Leona, on the north, to Rio de Camarones on the south.1800 J. Walker Elem. Geogr. (ed. 4) 514 They have such quantities of provisions, as to spare a sufficiency for all the shipping at Calabar, Del Rey and Camerones.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Republic of Cameroon or its inhabitants.

ΚΠ

1894 Geogr. Jrnl. 4 512 Dr. Bowdler Sharpe has noticed a similar distribution of the birds, and founded a Cameroonian subregion for these localities.

1938 Times 27 Sept. 7/3 The resulting encounters are told with gusto and in a way to satisfy us that the liberally used local colour is Cameroonian.

1964 V. T. Levine Cameroons vi. 149 All this gave the other Camerounian parties heart.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 31 Aug. 136/1 Tonight, they're joined by deft Cameroonian bassist Richard Bona.

B. n.

A native or inhabitant of Cameroon.

ΚΠ

1935 Chicago Defender 18 May 24/1 Back in the days when Germany controlled their land, numbers of Cameroonians went to Germany for education.

1960 G. Durrell Zoo in my Luggage vi. 145 The Ibos are a Nigerian tribe whom the Cameroonians regard with horror and loathing.

1972 J. Biggs-Davison Africa—Hope Deferred x. 98 The French-speaking Cameroonian, Daniel Ewanda.

2003 Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 21/4 All of the department's work was to improve native agriculture for the benefit of Cameroonians.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cameroonian
释义	Cameroonianadj.n. Brit. /ˌkaməˈruːnɪən/, U.S. /ˌkæməˈruniən/ Forms: 1800s– Cameroonian, 1900s– Camerounian. Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Cameroon , -ian suffix. Etymology: < Cameroon, Cameroun (French Cameroun), the name of a country in western Africa + -ian suffix. Compare French camerounien (1911 or earlier).The name of the country ultimately derives < Portuguese Rio dos Camarões , literally ‘shrimp river’, the name said to have been given to the Wouri River by the explorer Fernão do Pó in the second half of the 15th cent. ( < rio river (see rio n.²) + dos of the + camarões , plural of camarão kind of shrimp, cognate with Spanish camarón camaron n.); the form of the place name was apparently with influenced by association with Spanish camarones, plural of camarón. The name of the river was applied to the surrounding land and eventually used in German to form the name of the colony of Kamerun (founded in 1884). For early uses of the river name in English contexts compare:1600 J. Pory Gen. Descr. Afr. 41 in tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. North of the said slender point you haue Rio dos Camarones, or the riuer of shrimpes, which is full of little Isles.1714 Atlas Geographus IV. 371 A brief Survey of all the Coast of Guinea, from Cape Sierra Leone..to the River of Camarones.1715 E. Barlow Meteorol. Ess. ii. 48 Six of those Thirteen Places..have High-Water absolutely at VI..: to wit..Bening, Bato, Camaroon, and Danger.1732 Coll. Voy. & Trav. V. 399 I have before observed that Guinea reaches from Sierra Leona, on the north, to Rio de Camarones on the south.1800 J. Walker Elem. Geogr. (ed. 4) 514 They have such quantities of provisions, as to spare a sufficiency for all the shipping at Calabar, Del Rey and Camerones. A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Republic of Cameroon or its inhabitants. ΚΠ 1894 Geogr. Jrnl. 4 512 Dr. Bowdler Sharpe has noticed a similar distribution of the birds, and founded a Cameroonian subregion for these localities. 1938 Times 27 Sept. 7/3 The resulting encounters are told with gusto and in a way to satisfy us that the liberally used local colour is Cameroonian. 1964 V. T. Levine Cameroons vi. 149 All this gave the other Camerounian parties heart. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 31 Aug. 136/1 Tonight, they're joined by deft Cameroonian bassist Richard Bona. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Cameroon. ΚΠ 1935 Chicago Defender 18 May 24/1 Back in the days when Germany controlled their land, numbers of Cameroonians went to Germany for education. 1960 G. Durrell Zoo in my Luggage vi. 145 The Ibos are a Nigerian tribe whom the Cameroonians regard with horror and loathing. 1972 J. Biggs-Davison Africa—Hope Deferred x. 98 The French-speaking Cameroonian, Daniel Ewanda. 2003 Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 21/4 All of the department's work was to improve native agriculture for the benefit of Cameroonians. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1894
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