[DOC] [TLE] Lepidophthalmus turneranus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] Lepidophthalmus turneranus (formerly Callianassa turnerana), the Cameroon 
ghost shrimp, is a species of "ghost shrimp" or "mud lobster" that lives off the 
coast of West Africa. It occasionally irrupts into dense swarms, one of which 
resulted in the naming of the country Cameroon ... When the Portuguese 
discovered the Wouri River in the 15th century, they... [DOC] [TLE] Cameroon | The Commonwealth [PAR] The country's name derives from camares, meaning 'shrimps', so called by the 
15th-century Portuguese explorer Fernando Po who named the River Wouri Rio
... [DOC] [TLE] How These African Countries Got Their Names: Top 10 Interesting ... [PAR] Cameroon's name originated from one Portuguese sailor's fascination with how 
... Po arrived at the Wouri River in Douala when he spotted so many shrimp that 
he declared the river Rio Dos Camaroes, which translates to river of shrimps. [DOC] [TLE] Cameroon - African Countries | Gateway Africa Safaris [PAR] 1472 First visited by the Portuguese, who named it the Rio dos Camaroes (`River 
of Prawns) after the giant shrimps they found in the Wouri River estuary, and... [DOC] [TLE] Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon - Country Profile - Nations ... [PAR] The name Cameroon is derived from the Portuguese word, Camaroes, ... in 1472 
at the Wouri river in Douala and discovered so many shrimps in the river he... [DOC] [TLE] Wouri River | river, Cameroon | Britannica.com [PAR] Wouri River, Wouri also spelled Vouri or Vuri, stream in southwestern Cameroon 
... The Portuguese navigator Ferno do Po was probably the first European to ... 
the river, which he named Rio dos Camares (River of the Prawns [Shrimps]) ... 
later gave rise to the better-known Indo-European variants of the country's name,
... [DOC] [TLE] TIL that Cameroon is named after the river of shrimp (Rio ... - Reddit [PAR] TIL that Cameroon is named after the river of shrimp (Rio dos Camares) which 
... text: L. turneranus is "probably the only crustacean... for which a country is 
named". When the Portuguese discovered the Wouri River in the 15th century, 
they... [DOC] [TLE] TIL that Cameroon is named after the river of shrimp (Rio ... - Reddit [PAR] Oct 18, 2015 ... When the Portuguese discovered the Wouri River in the 15th century, they ... and 
therefore named the river Rio dos Camares ("river of the shrimp"). ... to "
Cameroons River", which came to be used for the whole country. [DOC] [TLE] Learn about the Cameroon Ethnicity - AncestryDNA [PAR] While the Congo takes its name from the old African kingdom of Kongo, 
Cameroon gets its name from ... Portuguese sailors found crayfish in the Wouri 
River and started calling the land the Rio dos Camares, or River of Shrimp. ... 
Cameroon's west and northwest provinces are the country's most densely 
populated regions. [DOC] [TLE] Should we keep or change the name of "Cameroon"? | Feature ... [PAR] Oct 15, 2014 ... Portuguese navigators who approached the Wouri River, found lots of shrimp 
which they named "camaroes" giving rise to the name Cameroon. The name of 
our country is linked to the reality of a crustacean, whose image... [DOC] [TLE] Top 50 Great Things I Bet You Don't Know About Africa - Facebook [PAR] The world's biggest frog is found in Cameroon. Named the ... N'gola, name as 
16th century king, when Portugal colonized the country. 8. Botswana ... 
Cameroon or Cameroon means River of Shrimps", from Portuguese Rio de 
Camares, the name given to the River Wouri by Portuguese explorers in the 
15th century. 11. [DOC] [TLE] 12 crazy stories behind the names of some modern-day African ... [PAR] Oct 4, 2014 ... African countries are named from fascinating narratives. ... Cameroon: Means 
shrimp from the Portuguese Rio de Camares (Shrimp River); ... When the 
Portuguese explorers landed in 1472, they witnessed a swarm in the Wouri River
. .... 10 genetic mutations and evolutionary traits found in Africa

Question: This country was named for the Camaroes, or shrimp, the Portuguese found in the Wouri River
Answer: Cameroon