Definition of "Canaan"

Canaan

/ˈkeɪnən/

proper noun
1. A historical region in the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine.
2. A grandson of Noah.
  Quotations
  And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 10:15-18
3. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew 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, United States.
  2. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Canaan Township.