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CAMEROONIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Cameroon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Cameroonian" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Cameroonian" is a member of...):

Cameroon; Cameroun; Republic of Cameroon (a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960)

Derivation:

Cameroonian (of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people

Example:

the Cameroonian capital

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Cameroon (a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960)

Derivation:

Cameroon (a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960)

Cameroonian (a native or inhabitant of Cameroon)

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