Canaan
/ˈkeɪnən/
词源链
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Canaan
词源说明
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 Biblical Hebrew כְּנַעַן (kanáʕan). 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/.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1A historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine/Israel.
- 2(biblical) A grandson of Noah.
- 3rareA male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- 4The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including: