Canaanite
noun
Ca·naan·ite
ˈkā-nə-ˌnīt 
: a member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Palestine and Phoenicia from about 3000 b.c.
Canaanite
adjective
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Archaeologists have made a stunning—yet thoroughly puzzling—discovery in northern Israel: a 3,800-year-old Canaanite arch and stairway, perfectly preserved underground.
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Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Since the Pilgrims landed, religious leaders have been forging archaeological and textual evidence to show that Native Americans were descended from Canaanite and Jewish tribes.
—Egill Bjarnason, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Since the Pilgrims landed, religious leaders have been forging archaeological and textual evidence to show that Native Americans were descended from Canaanite and Jewish tribes.
—Egill Bjarnason, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
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“Canaanite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Canaanite. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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