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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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