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![Hierarchy of Canaan (historical region)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Canaan (historical region) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 31 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.9167 decimal degrees |
Long: 035 20 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Historic region of the Middle East, generally used to refer to the area of western Palestine. |
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Canaan (preferred,C,O)
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............ | Biblical, first noted in Zechariah II:12 |
Chanaan (C,O)
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Western Palestine (C,V)
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Kana'n (C,V,Phoenician,U)
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Kna-an (C,V,Hebrew (transliterated),U)
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Kana'ān (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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Canaanite (C,V,English,U,A)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Canaan (historical region) (P) |
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Related geographic places: |
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meaning/usage overlaps with .... |
Land of Israel .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Asia) [7033029] |
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