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Meaning of the name Canaan

The name Canaan means "land of purple" or "lowland." It is an ancient Semitic name derived from the Hebrew word "kana," which refers to a purple dye produced from a certain mollusk. Canaan is also the biblical name for the region roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and parts of Jordan and Syria.

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