Oman

[oh-mahn]

noun

1. Formerly Muscat and Oman. Sultanate of Oman, an independent sultanate in southeastern Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Muscat.

2. Gulf of Oman, a northwestern arm of the Arabian Sea, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.

Oman

/ əʊˈmɑːn /

noun

1. Former name (until 1970): Muscat and Oman. 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)

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.

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

Voices created by AI are a big improvement on older, computerised ones - or from choosing from libraries of recorded voices - says Dr Susan Oman, a specialist in data, AI and society at Sheffield University.

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"When it comes to the general public and how they speak about politicians, the trust in them gets worse and worse," says Dr Susan Oman, a senior lecturer in data, AI and society.

From BBC

There will be about 2,000 international crew members taking part, from as far afield as Uruguay and Oman.

From BBC

"We've been here 10 days now and most other countries have had secure coaches to get to the border with Egypt or Oman or Jordan," she said.

From BBC

This means that at its narrowest point, the Strait of Hormuz and its shipping lanes lie entirely within Iran and Oman's territorial waters.

From BBC