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Canaan
CIDE DICTIONARY
Canaan, n.
an ancient country is southwest Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Canaan, n.
1 a promised land (orig. that west of the River Jordan, the Promised Land of the Israelites).
2 heaven.
1 a promised land (orig. that west of the River Jordan, the Promised Land of the Israelites).
2 heaven.
Etymology
eccl.L f. eccl.Gk Khanaan f. Heb. k e na'an
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