Football Language: Indomitable Lions
The nickname of the Cameroon football team is ‘The Indomitable Lions‘ with the adjective ‘indomitable‘ meaning something that cannot be tamed though some dictionaries also suggest the meaning is ‘invincible’. The Indomitable Lions.
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- Example: The Indomitable Lions first came to prominence with their performances in the 1982 World Cup when they were undefeated.
- Example: Cameroon – the Indomitable Lions – won their fifth African Cup of Nations in Gabon after defeating Egypt 2-1.
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Hi Fritz,
Thanks for the comment – I had a look and according to this Al-Jazeera post (http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/01/african-football-nickname-150129143710526.html) the former President Ahmadou Ahidjo named them the Indomitable Lions.
I didn’t see what I was looking for, the name of that Cameroonian who gave our national team such a brilliant name-indomitable lions. Thanks