The English term Canaan (pronounced  since c. AD 1500, due to the Great Vowel Shift) comes from the Hebrew  (knʿn), via Greek  Khanaan and Latin . It appears as  in the Amarna letters (14th century BC), and  is found on coins from Phoenicia in the last half of the 1st millennium.
The English term Canaan, which has been pronounced since approximately AD 1500 due to the Great Vowel Shift, comes from Hebrew  (knʿn) via Greek Khanaan and Latin . It is referenced in the Amarna letters of the 14th century BC and can be found on coins from Phoenicia during the latter half of the 1st millennium.