Canaan (Hebrew: כנען) (Arabic: كنعان) was the ancient region of the Levant. It is also a Semitic personal name or surname used by Arabic and Hebrew-speaking people.
Canaan may also refer to:
Places
Canada
United States
- Canaan, Connecticut, a town
- Canaan (CDP), Connecticut, a village in the town of North Canaan
- Canaan, Indiana
- Canaan, Maine
- Canaan, Mississippi
- Canaan, New Hampshire, a New England town
- Canaan (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town
- Canaan, New York
- Canaan, Pennsylvania
- Canaan, Vermont, a New England town
- Canaan (CDP), Vermont, a village in the town
- Canaan, West Virginia
- Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio
- Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio
- Canaan Township, Morrow County, Ohio
- Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
- Canaan Valley, West Virginia
- New Canaan, Connecticut
- North Canaan, Connecticut
- South Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
- Canaan Township (disambiguation)
West Indies
- Canaan, Trinidad, a town in Trinidad and Tobago
- Canaan, Tobago
- Canaan, United States Virgin Islands
Other places
- Kanan, Khuzestan, Iran
- Canaan, Haiti
- Colinas de Canaan, a neighborhood in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
People
- Tawfiq Canaan (1882–1964), Palestinian physician and researcher of popular heritage
- Isaiah Canaan (born 1991), American basketball player
- Islam Cana'an (born 1983), Palestinian-Israeli footballer
- K'naan (born 1978), Canadian-Somalian hip-hop artist
- Canaan Banana (1936–2003), first President of Zimbabwe
- Lydia Canaan, Lebanese singer-songwriter, humanitarian, and activist
- Tony Kanaan (born 1974), Brazilian race car driver
- Canaan (son of Ham), son of Ham and grandson of Noah in the Old Testament
Video games
- Canaan, a location in Final Fantasy III, a role-playing video game
- Canaan, a character in the Xenosaga video game series
- The Mystical Land of Canaan, a location of great power and home of the Summon Spirit Origin in Tales of Xillia 2
Other uses
- Canaan (TV series), a 2009 action/adventure anime based on the 428: Shibuya Scramble video game
- Canaan Creative, a computer hardware manufacturer making bitcoin miners
- Canaan Dog, the national dog breed of Israel
- Canaan Records, a Christian record label
- "Land of Canaan", a song on Indigo Girls' eponymous 1989 album
- The Settlers of Canaan, a multiplayer board game
See also
- Canaanism
- Canaan, Trinidad and Tobago (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Canaan
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