Chanaan

English

Proper noun

Chanaan

Alternative spelling of Canaan.

Latin

Alternative forms

Chanān

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαναάν (Khanaán), from Biblical Hebrew כְּנַעַן (K'ná'an).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰa.na.aːn], [ˈkʰa.na.an]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.na.an]

Proper noun

Chanaā̆n f (indeclinable)

(Ecclesiastical Latin) Canaan

Descendants

→ Dutch: Kanaän (learned)
→ English: Canaan (learned)
→ Finnish: Kanaan (learned)
→ German: Kanaan (learned)

Further reading

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