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Canaan definition

Ca·naan (kā′nən)

ancient region at the SE end of the Mediterranean, extending eastward to the Jordan River; the Biblical Promised Land: Gen. 17:8

Etymology: LL (Vulg, Gen. 10, Canaanite) Chanaan < Gr Chanan < Heb kenaʼan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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