# Kamerun
## English
### Proper noun

Kamerun
* (historical) An African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of the modern Republic of Cameroon.

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kameɾun/ [ka.me.ɾũn]
* Rhymes: -eɾun, -un
* Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run

### Proper noun

Kamerun inan
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Derived terms

* kamerundar (“Cameroonian”)

### Further reading

* “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkamɛrun]

### Proper noun

Kamerun m inan (relational adjective kamerunský, demonym Kamerunec)
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Kamerun”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Kamerun”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Kamerun”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Estonian
### Proper noun

Kamerun
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Portuguese Camarões.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑmerun/, [ˈkɑ̝me̞run]
* Rhymes: -ɑmerun
* Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run

### Proper noun

Kamerun
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Kamerun (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Kamerunini
accusative
nom.
Kamerunini
gen.
Kamerunini
genitive
Kamerunini
partitive
Kameruniani
inessive
Kamerunissani
elative
Kamerunistani
illative
Kameruniini
adessive
Kamerunillani
ablative
Kameruniltani
allative
Kamerunilleni
essive
Kameruninani
translative
Kamerunikseni
abessive
Kamerunittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Kamerunisi
accusative
nom.
Kamerunisi
gen.
Kamerunisi
genitive
Kamerunisi
partitive
Kameruniasi
inessive
Kamerunissasi
elative
Kamerunistasi
illative
Kameruniisi
adessive
Kamerunillasi
ablative
Kameruniltasi
allative
Kamerunillesi
essive
Kameruninasi
translative
Kameruniksesi
abessive
Kamerunittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Kamerunimme
accusative
nom.
Kamerunimme
gen.
Kamerunimme
genitive
Kamerunimme
partitive
Kameruniamme
inessive
Kamerunissamme
elative
Kamerunistamme
illative
Kameruniimme
adessive
Kamerunillamme
ablative
Kameruniltamme
allative
Kamerunillemme
essive
Kameruninamme
translative
Kameruniksemme
abessive
Kamerunittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Kameruninne
accusative
nom.
Kameruninne
gen.
Kameruninne
genitive
Kameruninne
partitive
Kamerunianne
inessive
Kamerunissanne
elative
Kamerunistanne
illative
Kameruniinne
adessive
Kamerunillanne
ablative
Kameruniltanne
allative
Kamerunillenne
essive
Kameruninanne
translative
Kameruniksenne
abessive
Kamerunittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Kameruninsa
accusative
nom.
Kameruninsa
gen.
Kameruninsa
genitive
Kameruninsa
partitive
Kameruniaan Kameruniansa
inessive
Kamerunissaan Kamerunissansa
elative
Kamerunistaan Kamerunistansa
illative
Kameruniinsa
adessive
Kamerunillaan Kamerunillansa
ablative
Kameruniltaan Kameruniltansa
allative
Kamerunilleen Kamerunillensa
essive
Kameruninaan Kameruninansa
translative
Kamerunikseen Kameruniksensa
abessive
Kamerunittaan Kamerunittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* kamerunilainen
* kameruninruostegueretsa
* kameruninsaukko

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Kamerun n (proper noun, genitive Kameruns or (optionally with an article) Kamerun)
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Related terms

* Kameruner
* kamerunisch

### See also

* Ägypten
* Algerien
* Angola
* Äquatorialguinea
* Äthiopien
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Demokratische Republik Kongo
* Dschibuti
* Elfenbeinküste
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Gabun
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kamerun
* Kap Verde
* Kenia
* Komoren
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libyen
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Marokko
* Mauretanien
* Mauritius
* Mosambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republik Kongo
* Ruanda
* Sambia
* Senegal
* Seychellen
* Sierra Leone
* Simbabwe
* Somalia
* Südafrika
* Sudan
* Südsudan
* São Tomé und Príncipe
* Tansania
* Togo
* Tschad
* Tunesien
* Uganda
* Zentralafrikanische Republik

### Further reading

* “Kamerun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒmɛrun]
* Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run
* Rhymes: -un

### Proper noun

Kamerun
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa; official name: Kameruni Köztársaság)

#### Derived terms

* kameruni

### See also

* Algéria
* Angola
* Benin
* Bissau-Guinea
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Comore-szigetek
* Csád
* Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
* Dél-Szudán
* Dzsibuti
* Egyenlítői-Guinea
* Egyiptom
* Elefántcsontpart
* Eritrea
* Etiópia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghána
* Guinea
* Kamerun
* Kenya
* Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
* Kongói Köztársaság
* Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
* Lesotho
* Libéria
* Líbia
* Madagaszkár
* Malawi
* Mali
* Marokkó
* Mauritánia
* Mauritius
* Mozambik
* Namíbia
* Niger
* Nigéria
* Ruanda
* Seychelle-szigetek
* Sierra Leone
* São Tomé és Príncipe
* Szenegál
* Szomália
* Szudán
* Szváziföld
* Tanzánia
* Togo
* Tunézia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe
* Zöld-foki Köztársaság

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch Kameroen.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /kaˈmɛrun/ [kaˈmɛ.rʊn]
* Rhymes: -ɛrun
* Syllabification: Ka‧me‧run

### Proper noun

Kamèrun
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
    Synonym: (Standard Malay) Cameroon

#### See also

* Afrika Selatan
* Aljazair
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cad
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Etiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea Khatulistiwa
* Guinea-Bissau
* Jibuti
* Kamerun
* Kenya
* Komoro
* Lesoto
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Maroko
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mesir
* Mozambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Pantai Gading
* Republik Afrika Tengah
* Republik Demokratik Kongo
* Republik Kongo
* Rwanda
* Sao Tome dan Principe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Selatan
* Tanjung Verde
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Further reading

* “Kamerun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Kamerun
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Related terms

* kameruner
* kamerunsk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Kamerun
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Related terms

* kamerunar
* kamerunsk

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈmɛ.run/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrun
* Syllabification: Ka‧me‧run

### Proper noun

Kamerun m inan (related adjective kameruński)
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Kamerunka
* Kameruńczyk

### See also

* Algieria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Czad
* Demokratyczna Republika Konga
* Dżibuti
* Egipt
* Erytrea
* Eswatini
* Etiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Gwinea
* Gwinea Bissau
* Gwinea Równikowa
* Kamerun
* Kenia
* Komory
* Kongo
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libia
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Maroko
* Mauretania
* Mauritius
* Mozambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Południowa Afryka
* Republika Środkowoafrykańska
* Republika Zielonego Przylądka
* Rwanda
* Sahara Zachodnia
* Senegal
* Seszele
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Południowy
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunezja
* Uganda
* Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
* Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Further reading

* Kamerun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kâmeruːn/
* Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run

### Proper noun

Kȁmerūn m (Cyrillic spelling Ка̏мерӯн)
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /káːmɛrun/

### Proper noun

Kȃmerun m inan
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Related terms

* Kámerunec / Kámerunka
* kámerunski

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Kamerun
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

### See also

* Afrika Kusini
* Algeria ~ Aljeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Chad ~ Chadi
* Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
* Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
* Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
* Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
* Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
* Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
* Jibuti ~ Djibouti
* Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
* Kenya
* Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagaska, Bukini
* Malawi, Unyasa
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mayotte
* Misri, Umisri
* Morisi
* Moroko ~ Maroko
* Msumbiji, Mozambik
* Mtakatifu Helena
* Namibia
* Niger ~ Nijeri
* Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
* Rwanda ~ Ruanda
* Réunion
* Sahara ya Magharibi
* Sao Tome na Principe
* Senegal ~ Senegali
* Shelisheli
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Kusini
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Uswazi, Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Kamerun n (genitive Kameruns)
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Related terms

* kamerunare
* kamerunier
* kamerunsk
* kamerunska

### Further reading

* Kamerun in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tagalog

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### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kameˈɾun/ [kɐ.mɛˈɾun̪]
* Rhymes: -un
* Syllabification: Ka‧me‧run

### Proper noun

Kamerún (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜒᜇᜓᜈ᜔)
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Kamerun
* Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

#### Declension
### See also

* Angola
* Batı Sahra
* Benin
* Botsvana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cezayir
* Cibuti
* Çad
* Ekvator Ginesi
* Eritre
* Esvatini
* Etiyopiya
* Fas
* Fildişi Sahili
* Gabon
* Gambiya
* Gana
* Gine
* Gine-Bissau
* Güney Afrika
* Güney Sudan
* Kamerun
* Kenya
* Komorlar
* Kongo Cumhuriyeti
* Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
* Lesotho
* Liberya
* Libya
* Madagaskar
* Malavi
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Mısır
* Moritanya
* Mozambik
* Namibya
* Nijer
* Nijeria
* Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
* Ruanda
* Senegal
* Seyşeller
* Sierra Leone
* Somali
* Sudan
* São Tomé ve Príncipe
* Tanzanya
* Togo
* Tunus
* Uganda
* Yeşil Burun
* Zambiya
* Zimbabve