Canaan

n. 迦南, 乐土

发音

其它 /ˈkeɪnən/

别名

Chanaan Caanan

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine/Israel.

    迦南

  2. 2.

    A grandson of Noah.

    迦南

    宗教
  3. 3.

    A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

    罕用
  4. 4.

    The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:

    A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

  5. 5.

    The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:

    A number of townships in the United States, listed under Canaan Township.

相关短语

Canaan Dog 迦南犬 Canaan Dogs Canaan dog Canaan dogs New Canaan

词源

Taken (at least as early as Wycliffe's Bible, 1382-1395, which has Chanaan) from Ecclesiastical Latin Chanaān, from Ancient Greek Χαναάν (Khanaán), expanded from Χνᾶ (Khnâ), from Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an). The first vowel shifted from /aː/ to /eɪ/ in the Great Vowel Shift; at least as early as Milton (1660s), the word could already be pronounced with two syllables, though at least as late as the 1880s it could also be pronounced with three, /ˈkeɪ.nə.æn/.

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