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Canaan

[ key-nuhn ]

noun

  1. an ancient region lying between the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean.
  2. Biblical name of Palestine.
  3. any land of promise.
  4. (in the Bible) a descendant of Ham, the son of Noah.


Canaan

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. an ancient region between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean, corresponding roughly to Israel: the Promised Land of the Israelites
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Canaan1

From the Hebrew word Բʿ
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The Taliban gang has its stronghold in Canaan, a suburb in the north of Port-au-Prince.

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It predates the time of the Biblical King David and King Solomon and is characteristic of the Canaan region on the eastern Mediterranean coast.

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“Our wreck suggests a seagoing exchange was conducted west out of Syria and Canaan to southern Cyprus, Crete and other Greek lands.”

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“He could have been stuck there since Saturday night but no one will know for sure,” North Canaan Animal Control said in a social media post.

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The architect Philip Johnson covered the small guesthouse on his property in New Canaan, Conn., in Flemish-bond brickwork.

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