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Cananite

Cananite is the alternative spelling of Canaanite.

Meaning of Canaanite

Proper noun

Canaanite

  1. A subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites and Phoenicians.
    • An affricated realization of *-z, as well as of voiceless *-s and emphatic *-ṣ-, is in any case reconstructed for Proto-Semitic, Northwest Semitic, and Canaanite, to which Phoenician belongs.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 393

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Questions about Cananite

What is Cananite the alternative spelling of?
Cananite is the alternative spelling of Canaanite.

Words near Cananite in the dictionary

  1. Canandaiguans
  2. Cananean
  3. Cananeans
  4. cananga tree
  5. cananga trees
  6. Cananite
  7. Cananor
  8. Canans
  9. Cananæan
  10. Cananæans
  11. Canapawan

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