Kinaan (Qildari: כנן, Kinaʿn) in the North-Western province of Cildania. In Antiquity the region was the site of numerous Selucian colonies and many of the towns and surnames in the province show the influence of Selucia in Cildania. During the early middle ages the Principality of Velieres and later the Principality of Kinaan were among the most powerful and prominent states in Cildania although by the time of the Council of the Princes Kinaan as the by then least populous state and begun to fall behind.