Canaan () () was the ancient Biblical region of the Levant. It is also a Semitic personal name or surname used by Arabic and Hebrew-speaking people. Canaan may also refer to: Places Canada Rural Municipality of Canaan No. 225, Saskatchewan Canaan, New Brunswick Canaan River, New Brunswick Canaan, Kings County, Nova Scotia Canaan, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Canaan, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia United States Canaan, Connecticut, a town Canaan (CDP), Connecticut, a village in the town of North Canaan Canaan, Indiana Canaan, Maine Canaan, Mississippi Canaan, New Hampshire, a New England town Canaan (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town Canaan, New York Canaan, Pennsylvania Canaan, Vermont, a New England town Canaan (CDP), Vermont, a village in the town Canaan, West Virginia Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio Canaan Township, Morrow County, Ohio Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio Canaan Valley, West Virginia Canaan Valley Resort State Park Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (CVNWR) New Canaan, Connecticut North Canaan, Connecticut Canaan (village), Connecticut South Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania Canaan Township (disambiguation) West Indies Canaan, Trinidad, a town in Trinidad and Tobago Canaan, Tobago Canaan, United States Virgin Islands Other places Canaan, Khuzestan, Iran Canaan, Haiti Colinas de Canaan, a neighborhood in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic People Tawfiq Canaan (1882–1964), Palestinian physician and researcher of popular heritage Isaiah Canaan (born 1991), American basketball player Islam Cana'an (born 1983), Palestinian-Israeli footballer K'naan (born 1978), Canadian-Somalian hip-hop artist Canaan Banana (1936–2003), first President of Zimbabwe Lydia Canaan, Lebanese singer-songwriter, humanitarian, and activist Tony Kanaan (born 1974), Brazilian race car driver Canaan (son of Ham), son of Ham and grandson of Noah in the Old Testament Video games Canaan, a location in Final Fantasy III, a role-playing video game Canaan, a character in the Xenosaga video game series The Mystical Land of Canaan, a location of great power and home of the Summon Spirit Origin in Tales of Xillia 2 Other uses Canaan (TV series), a 2009 action/adventure anime based on the 428: Shibuya Scramble video game Canaan Creative, a computer hardware manufacturer making bitcoin miners Canaan Dog, the national dog breed of Israel Canaan Records, a Christian record label "Land of Canaan", a song on Indigo Girls' eponymous 1989 album The Settlers of Canaan, a multiplayer board game See also Canaanism Canaan, Trinidad and Tobago (disambiguation)