a country in the Middle East, east of Saudi Arabia and northeast of Yemen. Population: 2,622,000 (2001). Capital: Muscat. Oman is a sultanate. Its people are Muslims, and its main product is oil. officially Sultanate of Oman formerly Muscat and Oman Country, southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Muscat and Oman Sultanate of Oman Oman Gulf of Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman
{i} Sultanate of Oman, state on the far eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula between Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Sea; Gulf of Oman, bay that is located between Oman and Iran, northwestern arm of the Arabian Sea