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Noun: Canaan  key-nun
  1. An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
    - Palestine, Holy Land, Promised Land

Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

Part of: Asia

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