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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Its hundreds of storage jars, called Canaanite amphorae, spilled into heaps on the seafloor.
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Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Sample vessels from the cargo were positively identified as coming from the Late Bronze Age Canaanite period, according to the IAA.
—Jns Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2024
Archaeologists have made a stunning—yet thoroughly puzzling—discovery in northern Israel: a 3,800-year-old Canaanite arch and stairway, perfectly preserved underground.
—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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Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Sample vessels from the cargo were positively identified as coming from the Late Bronze Age Canaanite period, according to the IAA.
—Jns Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2024
Archaeologists have made a stunning—yet thoroughly puzzling—discovery in northern Israel: a 3,800-year-old Canaanite arch and stairway, perfectly preserved underground.
—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 7 Nov. 2024.
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