Canaan

English

Alternative forms

• Chanaan
• Caanan

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Chanaān, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Χαναάν (Khanaán), expanded from Χνᾶ (Khnâ), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪnən/

Proper noun

Canaan

1. A historical region in the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine.
2. A grandson of Noah.
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     And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

3. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
4. The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:
   1. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

Derived terms

• Canaanite

Translations

historic region

• Afrikaans: Kanaän
• Akkadian: 𒆠𒈾𒄴𒈾 (ki-na-aḫ-na), 𒆠𒅔𒀀𒉌 (ki-na-a-ni), 𒆠𒈾𒈾 (ki-na-na), 𒆠𒈾𒀭𒈾 (ki-na-an-na), 𒆠𒈾𒄴𒉌 (ki-na-aḫ-ni), 𒆠𒈾𒀪𒉌 (ki-na-a'-ni), 𒆠𒈾𒀪𒈾 (ki-na-a'-na), 𒆠𒈾𒄴𒄭 (ki-na-aḫ-ḫi), 𒆠𒈾𒀪𒈾𒈾 (ki-na-a'-na-na), 𒆠𒈾𒄿 (ki-na-i), 𒆠𒈾𒄭 (ki-na-ḫi)
• Amharic: ከነዓን (känäʿan)
• Arabic: كَنْعَان (kanʕān)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܢܥܢ

• Armenian: Քանան (Kʻanan)
• Asturian: Canaán
• Azerbaijani: Kənan
• Basque: Kanaan
• Belarusian: Ханаа́н m (Xanaán)
• Bulgarian: Ханаа́н m (Hanaán)
• Catalan: Canaan m
• Chechen: Канӏан (Kanˀan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 迦南 (gaa¹ naam⁴)

  Hakka: 迦南 (Kâ-nàm)

  Mandarin: 迦南 (zh) (Jiānán)

  Min Dong: 迦南 (Giă-nàng)

  Min Nan: 迦南 (Ka-lâm)

• Czech: Kanaán (cs)
• Danish: Kanan
• Dutch: Kanaän (nl)
• Esperanto: Kanaano
• Estonian: Kaanan
• Finnish: Kanaan
• French: Canaan (fr)
• Galician: Canaán
• Georgian: ქანაანი (kanaani)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (kanan)
• Greek: Χαναάν (el) f (Chanaán)

  Ancient:

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• Hebrew: כְּנַעַן m (k'ná'an)
• Hungarian: Kánaán (hu)
• Icelandic: Kanan
• Italian: Cananea
• Japanese: カナアン (Kana-an), カナン (Kanan)
• Korean: 가나안 (ganaan)
• Lao: ການາອານ (kā nā ʼān)
• Latin: Chanaān f (indeclinable)
• Latvian: Kanaāna
• Lithuanian: Kanaanas
• Malagasy: Kanaana
• Malay: Kanaan
• Maore Comorian: Kanani
• Mongolian: Канаан (Kanaan)
• Navajo: Kéínan bikéyah
• Old Armenian: երկիր Քանանու (erkir Kʻananu)
• Persian: کنعان (fa) (kan'ân)
• Polish: Kanaan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Canaã (pt)
• Punjabi: ਕਨਾਨ (kanān)
• Russian: Ханаа́н (ru) m (Xanaán)
• Rusyn: Канаан (Kanaan)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ка̀наан m

  Roman: Kànaan (sh) m

• Slovak: Kanaán
• Slovene: Kanaan
• Spanish: Canaán
• Swahili: Kanaani
• Swedish: Kanaan
• Tamil: கானான் (ta) (kāṉāṉ)
• Thai: คานาอัน (kaa-naa-an)
• Turkish: Kenan (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ханаан m (Xanaan)
• Volapük: Kanaän (vo)
• West Frisian: Kanaän
• Yiddish: כּנען m (knaan)
• Zazaki: Kenan

grandson of Noah

• Armenian: Քանան (Kʻanan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 迦南 (gaa¹ naam⁴)

  Mandarin: 迦南 (zh) (Jiānán)

• Czech: Kenaan m, Kanán m
• Hebrew: כְּנַעַן m (k'ná'an)
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• Malay: Kanaan
• Navajo: Kéínan
• Old Armenian: Քանան (Kʻanan)
• Russian: Ханаан (ru) m (Xanaan)
• Yiddish: כּנען m (knaan)

Anagrams

• Caanan