Hanseatic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Hanseatic
1605–15; < Medieval Latin Hanseāticus, equivalent to hanse (< Middle Low German; see Hansa) + -āt- -ate 1 + -icus -ic
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There’s also the Hanseatic Inspiration, a brand-new German 230-passenger expedition class ship that will operate a 13-day Great Lakes journey, part of which will be on Lake Superior.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
In the 13th Century, the port was one of the most important in England and traded wool, cloth and salt with the Hanseatic League of central and northern Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2021
In the Renaissance, this was the Steelyard, a community of German Hanseatic League merchants.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2020
Starting in the twelfth century, the German city of Lubeck became the capital of the Hanseatic League, a group of cities engaged in trade that came together to regulate exchange and maintain monopolies on goods.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
In 1379 it received from King Sigismund, then margrave of Brandenburg, the right to free navigation of the Oder; and from 1368 to about 1450 it belonged to the Hanseatic League.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
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