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Canaanite

noun
Ca·​naan·​ite | \ ˈkā-nə-ˌnīt How to pronounce Canaanite (audio) \

Definition of Canaanite

: a member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Palestine and Phoenicia from about 3000 b.c.

Other Words from Canaanite

Canaanite adjective

First Known Use of Canaanite

1530, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Canaanite

Greek Kananitēs, from Kanaan Canaan, from Hebrew Kĕnaʽan

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