Cameroun a country in West Africa, east of Nigeria and next to the Gulf of Guinea. Population: 15,803,000 (2001). Capital: Yaoundé. French Cameroun officially Republic of Cameroon Country, West Africa
{i} Republic of Cameroon, republic on the western coast of central Africa; former German protectorate that was divided into British Cameroons and French Cameroons
a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960 an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast
Volcanic massif, Cameroon. Rising to 13,353 ft (4,070 m), it is the highest peak in West Africa. Extending 14 mi (23 km) inland from the Gulf of Guinea, it is the westernmost extension of a series of mountains that form a natural boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria. Richard Burton climbed its summit in 1861. The volcano last erupted in 1959