Canaan

Definitions

1. A historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine/Israel.
2. A grandson of Noah.
3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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4. The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:
5. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Canaan Township.

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Examples

“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.”

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