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# muscat

«muscat» in Mova's school dictionary: **the capital city of Oman, a country on the Arabian…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Muscat — a city; muscat — a grape)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Muscat is the capital city of Oman, a country on the Arabian Peninsula, on the Gulf of Oman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/#m1)

2) A muscat is a kind of sweet grape with a musky, flowery flavour, used for eating, raisins and sweet wine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons Muscat is a historic port city and capital of Oman, once important for sea trade with India and East Africa. In food and farming muscat grapes are among the oldest grape varieties. Phrases: «Muscat, Oman», «muscat grapes».

### examples

- Muscat is the capital of Oman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/#x1)
- The old forts of Muscat guard the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/#x2)
- Muscat grapes taste sweet and flowery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/#x3)
- Dried muscat grapes make big juicy raisins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/#x4)
- Ships from Muscat sailed to India and Zanzibar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/#x5)
- We flew to Muscat on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/#x6)

### note

Capital «Muscat» for the city (a place name); small «muscat» for the grape. Said «MUS-kat». Do not confuse with «musket» (an old gun) or «muskrat».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «muscat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.