Canaan
/ˈkeɪnən
/The biblical name for the area of ancient Palestine west of the River Jordan, the Promised Land of the Israelites, who conquered and occupied it during the latter part of the 2nd millennium bc.
Origin
Early 17th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek Khanaan, from Hebrew kĕna`an.
- sportspeak
- sportsperson
- sports physician
- sportsplex
- sports psychologist
- sports psychology
- sports science
- sports scientist
- sports seat
- sports shirt
- sports-shirted
- sportsspeak
- sports star
- sports suspension
- sportster
- sports utility vehicle
- sportswear
- sports wheel
- sportswise
- sportswoman
- sportswomanship
- sportswriter
- sport the (or one's) oak
- sportula
- sport ute