- 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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O•man
(ō män′),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Names Sultanate of. Formerly, Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. 2,264,590;
ab. 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Cap.: Muscat. - Place Names Gulf of, a NW arm of the Arabian Sea, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
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Oman /əʊˈmɑːn/ n
'Oman' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Arabia
- Gulf States
- Muscat
- Muscat and Oman
- Omani
- Persian Gulf
- Qaboos bin Said
- Trucial States
- aeromancy
- Arab League
- baiza
- Carmania
- coromandel
- Coromandel Coast
- Coromandel work
- geomancy
- Hormuz
- rial omani
- Rub‘ al Khali
- Trucial Oman
- United Arab Emirates