Canaan

n. ancient region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean; Promised Land (Biblical)

Canaanites redirects here. For the 1940s social and political movement in Israel, see Canaanites (movement). Canaan (IPA pronunciation: , Hebrew: , Greek: whence Latin ; and from Hebrew, Aramaic , whence Arabic ). Etymology from "low" applied to the coast as the "lowlands" and by extension to the neighboring region. It is an ancient term for a region approximating to present-day Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Lebanon and Syria. The Hebrew Bible identifies Canaan with Lebanon — foremost with the coastal city of Sidon — but extends the "Land of Canaan" southward across Gaza to the "Brook of Egypt" and eastward to the Jordan Valley, thus including modern Israel with the Palestinian Territories. This southern area included various ethnic groups. The Amarna Letters found in Ancient Egypt mention Canaan (Akkadian: ) in connection with Gaza and other cities along the Phoenician coast and into Upper Galilee. Many earlier Egyptian sources also make mention of numerous campaigns conducted in Ka-na-na, just inside Asia.
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Noun
1. an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
(synonym) Palestine, Holy Land, Promised Land
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(part-holonym) Asia
(part-meronym) Judah, Juda
(class) chebab

n. Canaan, ancient region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, Promised Land (Biblical)

n. Canaan, ancient region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean; Promised Land (Biblical)