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CANAANITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Canaanite" is a kind of...):
Canaanitic; Canaanitic language (a group of Semitic languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Canaanite" is a kind of...):
Semite (a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa)
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