OMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oman mean? 

• OMAN (noun)
  The noun 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: OMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OMAN (noun)

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 "Oman"):

capital of Oman; Masqat; Muscat (a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman)

Meronyms (members of "Oman"):

Omani (a native or inhabitant of Oman)

Holonyms ("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 ("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)

 Context examples 

A country in the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates.

(Oman, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)