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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).