noun
Canaan
KAY-nuhn
noun
1
An ancient region of the Middle East roughly covering modern Israel and Palestine, referred to often in the Bible.
"The Israelites were said to have journeyed toward the land of Canaan."
2
A male given name, sometimes used today, of biblical origin.
"They named their son Canaan after the biblical land."
How to Use Canaan
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA biblical place name, now also occasionally used as a first name.
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Etymology
Via Latin and Greek from Hebrew Kena'an; the pronunciation shifted over centuries following the Great Vowel Shift in English.