Oman (pronounced /oʊˈmɑːn/ ( listen) oh-MAHN; Arabic: عمان‎‎ ʻUmān), offeecially the Sultanate o Oman (Arabic: سلطنة عمان‎‎ Salṭanat ʻUmān), is an Arab kintra in soothwast Asie on the sootheast coast o the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the Unitit Arab Emirates on the northwast, Saudi Arabie on the wast an Yemen on the soothwast. The coast is formed bi the Arabian Sea on the sootheast an the Gulf o Oman on the northeast. The Madha an Musandam enclaves are surroondit bi the UAE on their land borders, wi the Strait o Hormuz an Gulf o Oman formin Musandam's coastal boondaries.