"כּנען" meaning in Yiddish

See כּנען in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: knaan [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an). Etymology templates: {{der|yi|he|כְּנַעַן|tr=k'ná'an}} Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an) Head templates: {{head|yi|proper noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=knaan}} כּנען • (knaan) m, {{yi-proper noun|g=m|tr=knaan}} כּנען • (knaan) m
  1. Canaan (biblical character)
    Sense id: en-כּנען-yi-name-58mq7JxN Categories (other): Biblical characters Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 51 49
  2. Canaan (ancient region in the Levant) Categories (place): Places
    Sense id: en-כּנען-yi-name-gcv5-1gZ Disambiguation of Places: 10 90 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Ancient Near East, Biblical characters Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Ancient Near East: 13 87 Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 51 49
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      "name": "der"
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