CANAAN Definition & Meaning

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Canaan

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

Canaan

/ ˈ��ɪ��ə�� /

an ancient region between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean, corresponding roughly to Israel: the Promised Land of the Israelites

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Origin of Canaan¹

From the Hebrew word ��Բ�ʿ��

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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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