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 originates from Hebrew  (knʿn), with influences from Greek Khanaan and Latin . It is mentioned in the Amarna letters around the 14th century BC and appears on coins from Phoenicia during the latter part of the 1st millennium.