Canaan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkeɪnÉ™n/

Alternative forms

• Chanaan

Origin

From the Latin Chanaān, from Ancient Greek Χαναάν, from Hebrew כְּנַעַן.

Full definition of Canaan

Proper noun

1. An historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine.
2. A grandson of Noah.
• Authorized Version|Genesis|10|15-18: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 of biblical origin.

Derived terms

• Canaanite