Kanaan

See also: Kánaán, Kanaän, and kan aan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَنْعَانُ (Kan‘ān). This surname is mostly found in Lebanon.

Proper noun

Kanaan (plural Kanaans)

  1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Kanaan is the 37288th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 598 individuals. Kanaan is most common among White (90.13%) individuals.

Further reading


Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαναάν (Khanaán), from Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnɑːn/, [ˈkɑnɑːn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnɑːn
  • Syllabification(key): Ka‧naan

Proper noun

Kanaan

  1. Canaan (biblical character)
  2. Canaan (region)

Declension

Inflection of Kanaan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Kanaan
genitive Kanaanin
partitive Kanaania
illative Kanaaniin
singular plural
nominative Kanaan
accusative nom. Kanaan
gen. Kanaanin
genitive Kanaanin
partitive Kanaania
inessive Kanaanissa
elative Kanaanista
illative Kanaaniin
adessive Kanaanilla
ablative Kanaanilta
allative Kanaanille
essive Kanaanina
translative Kanaaniksi
instructive
abessive Kanaanitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Kanaan (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Kanaanini Kanaanimme
2nd person Kanaanisi Kanaaninne
3rd person Kanaaninsa

Anagrams


German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαναάν (Khanaán), from Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Kanaan n (proper noun, genitive Kanaans or (optionally with an article) Kanaan)

  1. Canaan (region)

Declension

Proper noun

Kanaan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Kanaans)

  1. Canaan (biblical character)

Declension

  • Kanaanäisch
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