Hanseatic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of Hanseatic
1605–15; < Medieval Latin Hanseāticus, equivalent to hanse (< Middle Low German; Hansa ) + -āt- -ate 1 + -icus -ic
Example Sentences
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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
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
In the Renaissance, this was the Steelyard, a community of German Hanseatic League merchants.
From The Guardian
High up on northeastern Germany’s Baltic coast, the former Hanseatic League town of Wismar shook off enough of the grunge from its old German Democratic Republic days to earn a spot on the Unesco World Heritage list in 2002.
From New York Times
Ditta, who oversaw the 3D scanning of the wreck, says that the ship offers a glimpse into Baltic trade before towns in the region formed a powerful trading group known as the Hanseatic League.
From Fox News
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