What does Canaan mean?
Definitions for Canaan
ˈkeɪ nəncanaan
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Princeton's WordNet
Israel, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Landnoun
an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
Wiktionary
Canaannoun
An historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine.
Canaannoun
A grandson of Noah.
Canaannoun
of biblical origin.
Etymology: From Χαναάν.
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Canaan
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Canaan is a historical region located in the Eastern Mediterranean, which is often referenced in various ancient religious texts. The boundaries have shifted throughout history, but it generally covers modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and parts of Jordan, Syria and Northeast Egypt. It's also the name of the ancient, Seminical civilisation that lived in this region. In the Bible, Canaan is described as the "Promised Land" promised to the descendants of Abraham by God.
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Canaan
Canaan was a Semitic-speaking region in the Ancient Near East, roughly corresponding to the Levant, i.e. modern-day Israel, Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan and Syria. Canaan was of significant geopolitical importance in the Late Bronze Age Amarna period as the area where the spheres of interest of the Egyptian, Hittite, and Assyrian Empires converged. Canaan is historically attested throughout the 4th millennium BC; the later Amarna Letters use Kinaḫḫu, while other sources of the Egyptian New Kingdom mention numerous military campaigns conducted in Ka-na-na. In modern usage, the name is often associated with the Hebrew Bible, where the "Land of Canaan" extends from Lebanon southward to the "Brook of Egypt" and eastward to the Jordan River Valley. Much of the modern knowledge about Canaan stems from archaeological excavation in this area. Canaanite culture apparently developed in situ from the Circum-Arabian Nomadic Pastoral Complex, which developed from a fusion of Near Eastern Harifian hunter gatherers with Pre-Pottery Neolithic B farming cultures, practicing animal domestication, during the 6200 BC climatic crisis. Linguistically, the Canaanite languages form a group within the Northwest Semitic languages; its best-known member today is the Hebrew language, being mostly known from Iron Age epigraphy. Other Canaanite languages are Phoenician, Ammonite, Moabite, and Edomite.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Canaan
originally the coast land, but eventually the whole, of Palestine W. of the Jordan.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Canaan is ranked #31383 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Canaan surname appeared 738 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Canaan.
72% or 532 total occurrences were White.
21.1% or 156 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
4.2% or 31 total occurrences were Black.
1% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Canaan in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Canaan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Canaan in a Sentence
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