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# muscat

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

«muscat» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Muscat is the capital city of Oman, a country on the Arabian Peninsula, on the Gulf of Oman. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «muscat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«muscat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/muscat.html) on Mova free.