Taanach

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Taanach
     a sandy place, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, on the
     south-western border of the plain of Esdraelon, 4 miles south of
     Megiddo. Its king was conquered by Joshua (12:21). It was
     assigned to the Levites of the family of Kohath (17:11-18;
     21:25). It is mentioned in the song of Deborah (Judg. 5:19). It


     is identified with the small modern village of Ta'annuk.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Taanach, who humbles thee; who answers thee