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Someone please pronounce this name for me...

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Canaan?
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  • jiffy-popjiffy-pop member
    Cain-un
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  • MKFCMKFC
    If it is like the ski area in WV, Canaan Valley, then it is pronounced like cuh-nane.
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  • mommyhdmommyhd
    Hmm.... His parents are both English teachers so I'm trying to figure it out. Being teachers, I would have thought they would have picked a name that would be easier for teachers to pronounce and figure out :)
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  • BetchySproutBetchySprout member

    Kay-nin

     

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  • MKFCMKFC

    did some googling and found this:

    https://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=canaan

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  • BetchySproutBetchySprout member

    imagemommyhd:
    Hmm.... His parents are both English teachers so I'm trying to figure it out. Being teachers, I would have thought they would have picked a name that would be easier for teachers to pronounce and figure out :)

    It is biblical. Canaan was the son of Ham, and Cannan was the Promised Land.

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  • ZedanyaZedanya
    Kay-nin.  I grew up in CT and there is a town New Canaan, pronounced that way.  Plus, it's in the Bible.
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  • BelleBabyBelleBaby member
    Kay-nan
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  • maltwin1maltwin1 member

    Any time I've heard it pronounced in a biblical sense its been pronounced Cane-un.

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  • wife1014wife1014 member

    I am thinking naan...the Indian bread.

    If I saw that name of my class roster, I would say cay-naan or cuh-naan

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  • aldynaldyn
    imagewife1014:

    I am thinking naan...the Indian bread.

    Dangit, I love Indian food!  Why did you have to mention Indian food?!?! :-)

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  • wife1014wife1014 member
    imagealdyn:
    imagewife1014:

    I am thinking naan...the Indian bread.

    Dangit, I love Indian food!  Why did you have to mention Indian food?!?! :-)

    ooh, me too! 

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  • nycitylovenycitylove member

    imageZedanya:
    Kay-nin.  I grew up in CT and there is a town New Canaan, pronounced that way.  Plus, it's in the Bible.

    I automatically thought of New Canaan, CT pronounced Kay-nin

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  • Kimmy1836Kimmy1836
    I have a friend who named her son this (same spelling) and it is pronounced 'Kay-nin'
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  • lilygirllilygirl member
    My friend is Canaan and pronounced as it is in the bible - Kay-nin.
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  • Dobie_MamaDobie_Mama

    imageMKFC:
    If it is like the ski area in WV, Canaan Valley, then it is pronounced like cuh-nane.

    This is true, but I think it's because we tend to jack up pronunciations in WV.

    I would pronounce the name Kay-nin. 

     

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