Canaan (disambiguation)

Canaan (כנען) (كنعان) was the ancient region of the Levant. It is also a Semitic personal name or surname used by Arabic and Hebrew-speaking people.

Canaan may also refer to:

Canada

 * Rural Municipality of Canaan No. 225, Saskatchewan
 * Canaan, New Brunswick
 * Canaan River, New Brunswick
 * Canaan, Kings County, Nova Scotia
 * Canaan, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
 * Canaan, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

United States

 * Canaan, Connecticut, a town
 * Canaan (CDP), Connecticut, a village in the town of North Canaan
 * Canaan, Indiana
 * Canaan, Maine
 * Canaan, Mississippi
 * Canaan, New Hampshire, a New England town
 * Canaan (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town
 * Canaan, New York
 * Canaan, Pennsylvania
 * Canaan, Vermont, a New England town
 * Canaan (CDP), Vermont, a village in the town
 * Canaan, West Virginia
 * Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio
 * Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio
 * Canaan Township, Morrow County, Ohio
 * Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
 * Canaan Valley, West Virginia
 * Canaan Valley Resort State Park
 * Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (CVNWR)
 * New Canaan, Connecticut
 * North Canaan, Connecticut
 * Canaan (village), Connecticut
 * South Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
 * Canaan Township (disambiguation)

West Indies

 * Canaan, Trinidad, a town in Trinidad and Tobago
 * Canaan, Tobago
 * Canaan, United States Virgin Islands

Other places

 * Kanan, Khuzestan, Iran
 * Canaan, Haiti
 * Colinas de Canaan, a neighborhood in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

People

 * Tawfiq Canaan (1882–1964), Palestinian physician and researcher of popular heritage
 * Isaiah Canaan (born 1991), American basketball player
 * Islam Cana'an (born 1983), Palestinian-Israeli footballer
 * K'naan (born 1978), Canadian-Somalian hip-hop artist
 * Canaan Banana (1936–2003), first President of Zimbabwe
 * Lydia Canaan, Lebanese singer-songwriter, humanitarian, and activist
 * Tony Kanaan (born 1974), Brazilian race car driver
 * Canaan (son of Ham), son of Ham and grandson of Noah in the Old Testament

Video games

 * Canaan, a location in Final Fantasy III, a role-playing video game
 * Canaan, a character in the Xenosaga video game series
 * The Mystical Land of Canaan, a location of great power and home of the Summon Spirit Origin in Tales of Xillia 2

Other uses

 * Canaan (TV series), a 2009 action/adventure anime based on the 428: Shibuya Scramble video game
 * Canaan Creative, a computer hardware manufacturer making bitcoin miners
 * Canaan Dog, the national dog breed of Israel
 * Canaan Records, a Christian record label
 * "Land of Canaan", a song on Indigo Girls' eponymous 1989 album
 * The Settlers of Canaan, a multiplayer board game