An ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites.

Of or pertaining to the people or language of Canaan. / Of or pertaining to this sect or its followers; Canaanitic. / (by extension) zealous or fanatical.

A member of the ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites. / (by extension) A zealot or fanatic. / A member of the Canaanism movement.

plural of Canaanite

Of or pertaining to the Canaanites.

An abjad of twenty-plus acrophonic glyphs, found in Levantine texts of the Late Bronze Age (from ca. the 15th century B.C.E.), by convention taken to last until a cut-off date of 1050 B.C.E., after which it is called Phoenician.

plural of Canaanitess

A woman of Canaan; a female Canaanite.