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What does Canaan mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Canaan? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine.
  2. A grandson of Noah.
  3. (rare) A male given name of biblical origin.
  4. The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:
    1. a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA.
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The central symbol of much of the ancient pagan cult in biblical Canaan was the Ashera tree, symbol of the Goddess Ashera incarnate.
In the case of the Canaan Sanctuary also, God is waiting for the most appropriate time and for our aroma of longing to be filled.
The Canaan dogs are hardy, intelligent, and trainable and must be well socialized.
The fact that they were in Jerusalem made it the holy city, Canaan the holy land.
It grew up in the effort to conquer Canaan against what we thought was an ocean of idolaters and the effort to survive the Roman Empire.
The land of Canaan was the land of milk and honey, but it was the land where farming was possible only when it rained at the proper time.

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