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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Canaan
the ancient region lying between the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean: the land promised by God to Abraham. Gen. 12:5–10.

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land
an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism

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1. canaan
originally the coast land, but eventually the whole, of Palestine W. of the Jordan.

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