Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Canaan
can (can'st)cancel (-ed, -led)
Canaan, proper n. [Heb. ןענכ, low, humble, subdued.]
Ancient western Palestine; land that Jehovah promised to Abraham and his descendants; place where Moses led the Israelites but was not able to enter himself (see Joshua 22:9 and ED letters); [fig.] inheritance; paradise; promised land; anticipated blessing.
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