Canaan

Ca-na-an English <dab!> Alternative forms en Chanaan en Caanan Etymology Taken (at least as early as Wycliffe's Bible, 1382-1395, which has enm Chanaan) from en la-ecc Chanaān,, which (incorrectly) dates the borrowing to the early 1600s from en grc Χαναάν, expanded from grc Χνᾶ, from en hbo כְּנַעַן kanáʕan. The first vowel shifted from /aː/ to /eɪ/ in the Great Vowel Shift; at least as early as Milton (1660s), the word could already be pronounced with two syllables, though at least as late as the 1880s it could also be pronounced with three, /ˈkeɪ.nə.æn/.Joseph Thomas, Thomas Baldwin, A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary (1880), page 361: "Canaan, kà´nạn or kà´nạ-an, a name applied in Scripture to the Promised Land of the Israelites." (The addition of 1868, page 349, has "CANAAN, ká´nạn or ká´nạ-an, a name applied in Scripture to the 'Promised Land'".) This corresponds to /ˈkeɪ.nən/ /ˈkeɪ.nə.æn/. George Walter Baynham, Baynham's Elocution, select readings (1883), page 11, says "Pronounce the vowel sound as in fat: — Canaan, banian, tapestry,".John Walker, A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture (1807), page 232 (re the pronunciation with three syllables existing and being accented on the antepenult) and page 174 (re Milton using it with two syllables). Pronunciation en /ˈkeɪnən/ /ˈkeɪneɪən/ /ˈkeɪniən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Canaan.wav Southern England en eɪniən 2 Proper noun en Q163329 en historic region r/Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine/Israel. en 2022-11-09 Ian Sample Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/09/oldest-known-written-sentence-discovered-on-a-head-lice-comb Ancient combs were made from wood, bone and ivory, but the latter would have been expensive, imported luxuries. There were no elephants in Canaan at the time. https://web.archive.org/web/20240826211453/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/09/oldest-known-written-sentence-discovered-on-a-head-lice-comb en Q204797en biblical character A grandson of Noah. Genesis 10 15-18 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. en rare en male Hebrew of biblical origin. The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including: en town co/Litchfield County s/Connecticut c/USA. en town co/Grafton County s/New Hampshire c/USA. TopoZone: Canaan, New Hampshire en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Canaan Township. Derived terms en Canaanic Canaanism Canaanite New Canaan West Canaan Translations historic region Afrikaans: af Kanaän Akkadian: akk 𒆠𒈾𒄴𒈾 ki-na-aḫ-na, akk 𒆠𒅔𒀀𒉌 ki-na-a-ni, akk 𒆠𒈾𒈾 ki-na-na, akk 𒆠𒈾𒀭𒈾 ki-na-an-na, akk 𒆠𒈾𒄴𒉌 ki-na-aḫ-ni, akk 𒆠𒈾𒀪𒉌 ki-na-a'-ni, akk 𒆠𒈾𒀪𒈾 ki-na-a'-na, akk 𒆠𒈾𒄴𒄭 ki-na-aḫ-ḫi, akk 𒆠𒈾𒀪𒈾𒈾 ki-na-a'-na-na, akk 𒆠𒈾𒄿 ki-na-i, akk 𒆠𒈾𒄭 ki-na-ḫi Amharic: am ከነዓን Arabic: ar كَنْعَان Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܟܢܲܥܢ Armenian: hy Քանան Old Armenian: xcl երկիր Քանանու Asturian: ast Canaán Azerbaijani: az Kənan Basque: eu Kanaan Belarusian: be Ханаа́н m Bengali: bn কেনান Bulgarian: bg Ханаа́н m Carpathian Rusyn: rue Канаан Catalan: ca Canaan m Chechen: ce КанӀан Cherokee: chr ᎨᎾᏂ, chr ᎨᎾᏂᏱ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 迦南 gaa1 naam4 Eastern Min: cdo 迦南 Giă-nàng Hakka: hak 迦南 Kâ-nàm Hokkien: nan-hbl 迦南 Ka-lâm Mandarin: cmn 迦南 Jiānán Comorian: Maore Comorian: swb Kanani Czech: cs Kanaán Danish: da Kanan Dutch: nl Kanaän Esperanto: eo Kanaano Estonian: et Kaanan Finnish: fi Kanaan French: fr Canaan Frisian: West Frisian: fy Kanaän Galician: gl Canaán Georgian: ka ქანაანი German: de Kanaan m Greek: el Χαναάν f Ancient Greek: grc Χαναάν f Hebrew: he כְּנַעַן m k'ná'an Hindi: hi कनान m Hungarian: hu Kánaán Icelandic: is Kanan Italian: it Canaan Japanese: ja カナアン Kana-an, ja カナン Kanan Korean: ko 가나안 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Kenan f Lao: lo ການາອານ Latin: la Chanaān f indeclinable Latvian: lv Kanaāna Lithuanian: lt Kanaanas Malagasy: mg Kanaana Malay: ms Kanaan Mongolian: mn Канаан Navajo: nv Kéínan Old Church Slavonic: cu ханаанъ m Persian: fa کنعان kan'ân Polish: pl Kanaan m-in Portuguese: pt Canaã Punjabi: pa ਕਨਾਨ Russian: ru Ханаа́н m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ка̀наан m Latin: sh Kànaan m Slovak: sk Kanaán Slovene: sl Kanaan Spanish: es Canaán Swahili: sw Kanaani Swedish: sv Kanaan Tajik: tg Канъон Tamil: ta கானான் Telugu: te కనాను Thai: th คานาอัน Tumbuka: tum Kanani Turkish: tr Kenan Ukrainian: uk Ханаан m Urdu: ur کَنْعان m kanʻān Uzbek: uz Kanʼon Vietnamese: vi Ca-na-an Volapük: vo Kanaän Yiddish: yi כּנען m knaan Zazaki: zza Kenan grandson of Noah Armenian: hy Քանան Old Armenian: xcl Քանան Bengali: bn কেনান Cherokee: chr ᎨᎾᏂ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 迦南 gaa1 naam4 Mandarin: cmn 迦南 Jiānán Czech: cs Kenaan m, cs Kanán m Hebrew: he כְּנַעַן m k'ná'an Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Kenan m Malay: ms Kanaan Navajo: nv Kéínan Old Church Slavonic: cu ханаанъ m Polish: pl Kanaan m-pr Portuguese: pt Canaã Russian: ru Ханаан m Tajik: tg Канъон Tumbuka: tum Kanani Uzbek: uz Kanʼon Yiddish: yi כּנען m knaan References Anagrams en aaacnn Caanan en Ancient Near East