Associations to the word «Canaan»

Wiktionary

CANAAN, proper noun. A historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine.
CANAAN, proper noun. A grandson of Noah.
CANAAN, proper noun. (rare) A male given name of biblical origin.
CANAAN DOG, noun. A herding dog native to Israel.

Dictionary definition

CANAAN, noun. An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats