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Chanaan

Chanaan

English

Proper noun

Chanaan

Alternative spelling of Canaan

Latin

Alternative forms

Chanān

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαναάν ‎(Khanaán), from Hebrew כְּנַעַן ‎(k'ná'an).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.na.aːn/

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.an/, [ˈkaː.na.an]

Proper noun

Chanaān f ‎(indeclinable)

(Ecclesiastical Latin) Canaan

References

Chanaan in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Chanaan”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.