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Muscat and Oman

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noun

  1. the former name (until 1970) of (the Sultanate of) Oman

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One of the most recent notable land trades between states was Pakistan’s purchase of Gwadar, a port enclave in the country’s southwest, for $3 million from the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in 1958.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

So hot was it in Muscat and Oman that their swords melted in the scabbards and gazelles fell down, roasted in the desert.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the request of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, he said.

From Time Magazine Archive

Muscat and Oman had only six miles of paved roadway, and the Sultan's red 1955 Chrysler Imperial rusted in the palace courtyard for lack of any place to go.

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Backward Yemen claims all of the Aden Protectorate, whose border is disputed in turn by Saudi Arabia, which has claims on Muscat and Oman as well.

From Time Magazine Archive

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