Oman

[ oh-mahn ]

noun

1. Sultanate of Oman, an independent sultanate in southeastern Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). : Muscat. Formerly Mus·cat and O·man [muhs-, kat].
2. Gulf of Oman, a northwestern arm of the Arabian Sea, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.

Oman

/ əʊˈmɑːn /

noun

1. 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: 3 154 134 (2013 est). Area: about 306 000 sq km (118 150 sq miles) Former name (until 1970)Muscat and Oman

Oman

1. Kingdom on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula on the Arabian Sea, bordered to the northwest by the United Arab Emirates , the west by Saudi Arabia , and the southwest by Yemen . Oman includes a tip of land on one side of the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf .

Notes

Strategically located on trading and military routes between the Persian Gulf and Asia and east Africa , Oman has been occupied by the Portuguese, the Turks, and the Persians; since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has maintained close relations with Britain .

Oman began exporting oil in 1967.

Example Sentences

Because Oman is a desert nation, this water would have to come from the ocean.

From Science News For Students

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain and the secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council are all visiting China this week for talks on boosting trade and security cooperation.

From Axios

Oman, Qatar and Taiwan also went against the global trend of abandonment of capital punishment and resumed executions.

From Time

Total video views are around 601 million in those markets where the campaign has gone live — Turkey, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain, per PepsiCo.

From Digiday

The next domino to fall is seen to be the relatively moderate Oman.

From Ozy

They “hook up” in a manner that makes the casual sex of the 1960s seem like an arranged marriage in Oman.

From The Daily Beast

Harry was in Oman for a charity polo match earlier this week, the Sentebale Polo Cup.

From The Daily Beast

I know for a fact that in my own case Oman was asked to mediate on our behalf directly by the US government.

From The Daily Beast

One of the easiest ways to access the Empty Quarter is by guided expedition from Salalah, Southern Oman.

From The Daily Beast

Oman had stated that it was opposed to the upgrading of the Gulf Cooperation council to a union that would be similar to the EU.

From The Daily Beast

“You'll go up them 'ere stairs, young 'oman; you'll not put a foot in the kitchen to-night,” he says more doggedly.

From Project Gutenberg

From one remote stall came a ray of torch-light, and the chatter of merchants discussing the profits of the last Oman caravan.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, ef she aint de beatenes' w'ite 'oman dis side er kingdom come, you kin des shoot me.

From Project Gutenberg

I aint seed you sence you 'uz a little bit er baby, en now yer you is mighty nigh a grown 'oman.

From Project Gutenberg

As Sir Hugh observes, "I like not when a 'oman has a great peard."

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