Canaan

Revision History

Date	Editor	Name ID	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	canaan	update #116
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	canaan	added (from user-submitted name 354591)
11/24/2020, 11:35 AM	anonymous

Type Region

Usage English, French, Biblical

Scripts ךְּנַעַן(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

From Hebrew ךְּנַעַן (Kenaʿan), possibly from a root meaning "low, humble". This was the name of an ancient region, the home of the biblical Canaanites, in what is now Palestine and Israel.