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Oman

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Noun

1. muscat and oman, oman, sultanate of oman

a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Oman

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noun
a sultanate in SE Arabia, on the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea: the most powerful state in Arabia in the 19th century, ruling Zanzibar, much of the Persian coast, and part of Pakistan. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: Muslim. Currency: rial. Capital: Muscat. Pop: 4 636 262 (2017 est). Area: about 306 000 sq km (118 150 sq miles)
. Former name (until 1970): Muscat and Oman

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Oman

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1. 
SE coastal region of Arabia, on the Arabian Sea
2. 
country in this region: an independent sultanate: 119,499 sq mi (309,500 sq km); pop. 2,070,000; cap. Muscat
3. 
Gulf ofarm of the Arabian Sea, between Iran & Oman in Arabia: c. 350 mi (563 km) long

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Oman

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A sultanate of the southeast Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Oman, an arm of the Arabian Sea. Much of the area was controlled by the Portuguese from 1508 to 1650 and the Turks until 1741, when the present royal line was founded. Oman established close ties with Great Britain in the late 1700s. Muscat is the capital.

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