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Oman (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 21 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 21.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 057 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 57.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Western border is undefined; area was inhabited by 10,000 BCE; possibly was Magan of Sumerian legend; Islam arrived in 7th century; was subject to Portugal 16th century; was core of powerful Arab state; British from 19th century; suffered civil strife in 20th century; official language is Arabic, though English is also widely spoken. |
Names: |
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| ʻUmān (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Salṭanat ʻUmān (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Oman (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Oman (Tagalog)
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| Oman (Malagasy)
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| Oman (Maltese)
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| Oman (Vietnamese)
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| Oman (Ilocano)
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| Oman (Indonesian)
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| Oman (Azerbaijani)
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| Oman (Croatian)
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| Oman (Bosnian)
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| Oman (Danish)
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| Oman (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Oman (Finnish)
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| Oman (Swedish)
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| Oman (Polish)
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| Oman (Romanian)
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| Oman (Slovene)
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| Oman (Catalan)
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| Oman (Basque)
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| Oman (Akan)
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| Oman (Welsh)
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| Oman (Kurdish)
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| Oman (Hausa)
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| Oman (German)
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| Oman (Low German)
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| Oman (Breton)
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| Oman (Cornish)
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| Oman (Dutch)
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| Oman (Afrikaans)
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| Oman (French-P,U,N)
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| Oman (Faroese)
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| Oman (Italian)
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| Oman (Greenlandic)
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| Oman (Anglo-Saxon)
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| Oman (Occitan)
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| Oman (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Oman (Romansh)
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| Oman (Western Frisian)
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| Oman (Upper Sorbian)
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| Oman (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Oman (Norwegian)
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| Oman (Pampanga)
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| Oman (Northern Sami)
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| Oman (Shona)
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| Oman (Arpitan)
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| Oman (Ido)
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| Oman (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Sultanate of Oman (C,O,English)
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| Sultanat d'Oman (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Omã (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Omán (C,O,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Omán (Slovak)
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| Omán (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Omán (Aragonese)
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| Omán (Asturian)
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| Omán (Czech)
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| Omán (Galician)
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| Sultanía de Omán (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| عمان (C,O,Urdu)
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| عمان (Persian-Farsi)
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| عمان (Arabic-P,U)
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| س طَية عمان (C,O,O,Arabic,U)
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| Оман (C,O,Serbian)
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| Оман (Macedonian)
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| Оман (Bulgarian)
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| Оман (Russian-P,U)
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| Оман (Ukrainian)
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| Оман (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Султанат Оман (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 阿曼 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 阿曼苏丹国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| OMN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| OM (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO512 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| MU (C,O,FIPS)
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| Omani (C,V,English,U,A)
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| Omani (Rundi)
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| Omani (Albanian)
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| Omani (Kikuyu)
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| Omani (North Ndebele)
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| Omani (Swahili (generic))
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| עומאן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Cumaan (C,U,Somali)
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| i-Oman (C,U,Zulu)
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| Lomän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Omaan (C,U,Estonian)
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| Omaan (Fulah)
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| Omaan (Limburgan)
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| Omaani (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Óman (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Óman (Icelandic)
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| Ô-man (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Omàn (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Omán - عُمان (C,U,Galician)
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| Omaŋ (C,U,Bambara)
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| Ománɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Omāna (C,U,Latvian)
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| Omanas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Omane (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Omâni (C,U,Sangho)
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| ʻOmani (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Oman nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Omano (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Orílẹ́ède Ọọma (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Salţanat Masqaţ wa ‘Umān (C,U)
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| Salţanat ‘Umān (C,U)
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| Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (C,U)
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| Sultanate of Musqat and Oman (C,U)
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| Sultanate of Oman and Muscat (C,U)
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| Sultanat Masqat wah Oman (C,U)
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| Uman (C,U,Quechuan)
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| ‘Umān (C,U,Arabic)
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| Umman (C,U,Turkish)
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| Ummon (C,U,Uzbek)
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| Аман (C,U,Belarusian)
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| عومان (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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| ओमान (C,U,Marathi)
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| ओमान (Sanskrit)
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| ओमान (Hindi)
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| ओमान (Kashmiri)
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| オマーン (C,U,Japanese)
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| ئومان (C,U,Uyghur)
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| ഒമാൻ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Օման (C,U,Armenian)
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| ომანი (C,U,Georgian)
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| ໂອມານ (C,U,Lao)
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| โอมาน (C,U,Thai)
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| ܥܘܡܐܢ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| Ομάν (C,U,Greek)
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| ஓமன் (C,U,Tamil)
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| ኦማን (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ኦማን (Amharic)
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| 오만 (C,U,Korean)
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| عُمان (C,U,Arabic)
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| سلطنة عمان (C,U,Arabic)
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| ஓமான் (C,U,Tamil)
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| ประเทศโอมาน (C,U,Thai)
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| עומן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| អូម៉ង់ (C,U,Khmer)
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| אומן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ಓಮನ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| အိုမန် (C,U,Burmese)
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| ཨོ་མན། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| ඕමානය (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ओमन (C,U,Nepali)
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| ଓମାନ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| ઓમાન (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ఒమాన్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| ওমান (C,U,Bengali)
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| オマーン国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| Magan (H,V)
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............ | from Sumerian sources of 4th mill. BC, possibly this historic area corresponds to modern 'Umān |
| Makan (H,V)
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| Masqaţ and Oman (H,V)
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| Masqat and Oman (H,V)
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| Muscat and Oman (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Oman (nation) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Oman (nation) |
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Oman (nation) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Oman (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independence recognized internationally in 1970 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| sultanate (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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Portuguese, 1508-17th century |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Masqat .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Oman, Masqaṭ region) [7018048] |
| historical connection .... |
Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [8711810] |
| member of .... |
Arab League .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7000153] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1971 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 286963 |
| Sultanate of Musqat and Oman.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 286963 |
| Sultanate of Oman and Muscat.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 286963 |
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