The term Canaan has its roots in the Hebrew כנען/knʿn and combines the Semitic root k-n-^c with a common suffix –(a)n. The term translates into Greek as Χαναάν and into Latin as Canaan. Of the multiple ways to read the word “Canaan” in late antiquity this article focuses on three: Canaan as land, as a people, and as a person.