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Canaan

[key-nuhn] / ˈkeɪ nən /
NOUN
heaven
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Promised Land immortality nirvana paradise
STRONG
Arcadia Elysium Shangri-la Zion afterworld atmosphere azure bliss dreamland ecstasy empyrean enchantment eternity fairyland felicity firmament glory happiness harmony heights hereafter kingdom rapture sky the great beyond the great unknown transport upstairs utopia wonderland
WEAK
beyond eternal home eternal rest happy hunting ground kingdom come life everlasting life to come next world pearly gates the blue
Antonyms
STRONG
hell misery sorrow unhappiness
NOUN
Promised Land
Synonyms
STRONGEST
heaven
WEAK
Abraham's bosom City of God Goshen Kingdom of God Kingdom of Heaven Land of the Leal New Jerusalem land of milk and honey land of plenty upstairs

Example Sentences

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In New Canaan, Conn., where Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House is located, two Manhattanites renovated a Midcentury Modern home with a lattice work facade and pyramid skylights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Canaan Palestine – Canaan Palestine’s extra-virgin olive oils are made from olives grown on ancient trees tended by more than 2,400 artisan family farms across 52 villages in Palestine, each carrying generations of knowledge.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

The book banned then was New English Canaan.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

Will Kimberly admit her feelings about Canaan after Whitney saw them kissing?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

When she was dying, wracked with her irruptions, in the slave quarters of that house in Canaan, this libation sat by her, untouched.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.