Meanings
proper noun
- An internationally unrecognized Anglophone state which is claimed by Cameroon.
If the expression “Southern Cameroons” has exposed us to any annexationist ambitions, then we will henceforth call ourselves AMBAZONIA.
1985 March 20, Fongum Gorji Dinka, “The New Social Order”, in Retyped from Ambazonian Archives (PDF), archived from the original on 10 May 2024, page 8
Origin
Coined by Cameroonian attorney and political activist Fongum Gorji Dinka in 1985 (see quotation below).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch Ambazonië
- AmbazoniëAn Anglophone state claimed by Cameroon
French Ambazonie
- AmbazonieAn Anglophone state claimed by Cameroon
German Ambazonien, Ambasonien
- AmbazonienAn Anglophone state claimed by Cameroon
- AmbasonienAn Anglophone state claimed by Cameroon
Lithuanian Ambazonija
- AmbazonijaAn Anglophone state claimed by Cameroon
Russian Амбазо́ния
- Амбазо́ния (Ambazónija)An Anglophone state claimed by Cameroon
Spanish Ambazonia
- AmbazoniaAn Anglophone state claimed by Cameroon
Ukrainian Амбазонія
- Амбазонія (Ambazonija)An Anglophone state claimed by Cameroon
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Ambazonia
EstoniamacedoniaammoniaPatagoniaCataloniaLivoniaLaconiaharmoniasinfoniaSnowdoniaFranconiaFreedoniaPoloniabegoniaBabyloniaheliconiaWalloniaCydoniaPaeoniaSlavoniaPannoniaSophroniawatsoniadysphonia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Ambazonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ambazonia
MLA
“Ambazonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ambazonia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ambazonia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ambazonia.
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