muscat
pronunciation
How to pronounce muscat in British English:
UK [ˈmʌskæt]
How to pronounce muscat in American English:
US [ˈmʌsˌkæt, -kət]
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- Noun:
- any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
- wine from muscat grapes
- sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine
Word Origin
- muscat
- muscat: see musk
- muscat (n.)
- type of wine, 1570s, from French, from Italian moscato, literally "musky-flavored," from Vulgar Latin *muscatus, from Latin muscus (see musk).
- Muscat
- capital of Oman, from Arabic Masqat, said to mean "hidden" (it is isolated from the interior by hills).
Example
- 1. Today in muscat the sun has well and truly risen .
- 2. The ritziest hotel in muscat offers a helicopter landing pad out back .
- 3. Muscat is the focus for the revamp with cultural events luxury accommodation and aquatic activities taking centre stage .
- 4. Along the boulevards and highways of muscat , the medians were as lush as croquet lawns .
- 5. So what else , aside from going to the souk and ogling the sultan 's yacht , do you do in muscat ?