Phrase guide

Canaan Dog

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A herding dog native to Israel.

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noun

Meaning 2

A breed of pariah dog, believed to have been a primitive feral in ancient Canaan.

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: ханаанскі сабака (xanaanski sabaka) — Canaan Dog
  • Bulgarian: ханаанско куче (hanaansko kuče) — Canaan Dog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迦南犬 (Jiānán quǎn) — Canaan Dog
  • Czech: kanaánský pes — Canaan Dog
  • Danish: Kanaan-hund — Canaan Dog
  • Dutch: Kanaän-hond — Canaan Dog
  • Finnish: kaanaankoira — Canaan Dog
  • French: chien de Cannan — Canaan Dog
  • German: Kanaanhund — Canaan Dog
  • Hebrew: כלב כנעני — Canaan Dog
  • Hungarian: kánaán kutya — Canaan Dog
  • Indonesian: anjing Kanaan — Canaan Dog
  • Irish: Madra Chanán — Canaan Dog
  • Italian: cane di Canaan — Canaan Dog
  • Japanese: カナーン犬 (Kanān-inu) — Canaan Dog
  • Japanese: カナーン・ドッグ (Kanān-doggu) — Canaan Dog
  • Lithuanian: Kaanano šuo — Canaan Dog
  • Luxembourgish: Kanaan-Hond — Canaan Dog
  • Malay: anjing Kanaan — Canaan Dog
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kanaan-hund — Canaan Dog
  • Polish: pies kananejski — Canaan Dog
  • Portuguese: cão de Canaã — Canaan Dog
  • Romanian: câine de Canaan — Canaan Dog
  • Russian: ханаанская соба́ка (xanaanskaja sobáka) — Canaan Dog
  • Slovak: kanaánsky pes — Canaan Dog
  • Slovene: kanaanski pes — Canaan Dog
  • Spanish: perro de Canaán — Canaan Dog
  • Swedish: Kanaan-hund — Canaan Dog