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n. - An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Usage examples (31)
  • Canaan - Even in rural Canaan, at the time home to 2,304, secrecy and worry ran high in the early days of World War II.
  • The name "Canaan" is used to imply that they had made Judea as much the scene of abominations as it was in the days of the corrupt
  • They held no portion of land in Canaan (Deuteronomy 18).
  • The sins of Israel after they were settled in Canaan, v. 56-58.
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