Hansa
Americannoun
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a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
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a fee paid to a merchant guild by a new member.
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Also called Hansa town, Hansetown. a town that is a member of the Hanseatic League.
Etymology
Origin of Hansa
< Medieval Latin; replacing Middle English hans, hanze < Middle Low German hanse; cognate with Old English hōs, Old High German, Gothic hansa company
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The 23 containers arrived in Manila aboard the MV Hansa Augsburg in late September after Indonesian authorities "rejected and reexported" them after discovering traces of radioactive Caesium-137.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
The facility has developed the two-seater Hansa and five-seater trainer planes, but larger passenger aircraft remain out of reach.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
In 2001, Woodland Park Zoo was in its 80th year of proudly keeping elephants and hosted international festivities celebrating new calf Hansa, the first elephant born in Washington state.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Under a leaden winter sky, the low-rise residential blocks in Berlin’s Hansa Quarter couldn’t be called pretty.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2019
“And...that he had wanted to board the Hansa instead.”
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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