text: Canaan (Phoenician knʿn 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍; Hebrew: כנען knʿn (Masoretic כְּנָעַן Kənáʿan)) is a historical name of the Levant, roughly corresponding to the region of encompassing modern-day Israel/PalestinePalestinia, Lebanon, and the western parts of Syria and Lebanon.