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muscat

[muhs-kuht, -kat]

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noun

a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.

the vine bearing this fruit.

Origin:
1570–80; short for muscat wine or grape < Middle French muscat musky < Old Provençal, equivalent to musc (< Late Latin muscus musk) + -at -ate¹

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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noun

a seaport in and the capital of Oman. 70,000.

Arabic, Masqat.

noun

Sultanate of. Formerly, Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. 2,264,590; about 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.

Gulf of, a NW arm of the Arabian Sea, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.

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muscat (ˈmʌskət, -kæt)

—n
1.	any of various grapevines that produce sweet white grapes used for making wine or raisins
2.	another name for muscatel

[C16: via Old French from Provençal muscat, from muscmusk]

Muscat (ˈmʌskət, -kæt)

—n
	Arabic name: Masqat the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, a port on the Gulf of Oman: a Portuguese port from the early 16th century; controlled by Persia (1650--1741). Pop: 689 000 (2005 est)

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Word Origin & History

muscat

type of wine, 1570s, from It. moscato, lit. "musky-flavored," from L.L. *muscatus (see muscatel)

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Muscat

capital of Oman, from Arabic Masqat, said to mean "hidden" (it is isolated from the interior by hills).

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