Canaan (disambiguation)

Canaan (Hebrew: כנען) (Arabic: كنعان) was the ancient Biblical 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

• Canaan, Haiti

Canada

• Canaan No. 225, Saskatchewan
• Canaan, New Brunswick
• Canaan River, New Brunswick
• Canaan, Kings County, Nova Scotia
• Canaan, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
• Canaan, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

United States

• Canaan, California
• Canaan, Connecticut
• Canaan, Indiana
• Canaan, Maine
• Canaan, New Hampshire
• Canaan, New York
• Canaan, Vermont
• Canaan, West Virginia
• Canaan Township, Ohio
  • Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio
  • Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio
  • Canaan Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  • Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
• Canaan Valley, West Virginia
  • Canaan Valley Resort State Park
  • Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (CVNWR)
• New Canaan, Connecticut
• North Canaan, Connecticut
  • Canaan (CDP), Connecticut
• South Canaan, Pennsylvania

West Indies

• Canaan, Trinidad
• Canaan, Tobago
• Canaan, United States Virgin Islands

People

• Tawfiq Canaan (1882–1964), Palestinian physician and researcher of popular heritage
• Isaiah Canaan (b. 1991), American basketball player
• Islam Cana'an (b. 1983), Palestinian-Israeli footballer
• K'naan (b. 1978), Canadian-Somalian hip-hop artist
• Canaan Banana (1936–2003), first President of Zimbabwe
• Lydia Canaan, Lebanese singer-songwriter, humanitarian, and activist
• Tony Kanaan (b. 1974), Brazilian race car driver

Video games

• Canaan Online, a free-to-play browser MMORPG
• Canaan, a location in Final Fantasy III, a role-playing video game
• Canaan, a character in the Xenosaga video game series
• New Canaan, a Mormon town in the Fallout 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, son of Ham and grandson of Noah in the Hebrew Bible
• 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
• Land of Canaan, a forthcoming horror film
• The Settlers of Canaan, a multiplayer board game
• Canaan, a 2009 action/adventure anime based on the 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de video game