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MUSCAT AND OMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Muscat and Oman mean?
• MUSCAT AND OMAN (noun)
The noun MUSCAT AND OMAN has 1 sense:
1. a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
Familiarity information: MUSCAT AND OMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Muscat and Oman; Oman; Sultanate of Oman
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Muscat and Oman"):
capital of Oman; Masqat; Muscat (a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman)
Meronyms (members of "Muscat and Oman"):
Omani (a native or inhabitant of Oman)
Holonyms ("Muscat and Oman" is a part of...):
Arabia; Arabian Peninsula (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources)
Gulf States (the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf)
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
Holonyms ("Muscat and Oman" is a member of...):
Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)
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