Hanseatic

[ han-see-at-ik ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it.

noun
  1. any of the towns belonging to the Hanseatic League.

Origin of Hanseatic

1
1605–15; <Medieval Latin Hanseāticus, equivalent to hanse (<Middle Low German; see Hansa) + -āt--ate1 + -icus-ic

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British Dictionary definitions for Hanseatic

Hanseatic

/ (ˌhænsɪˈætɪk) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to the Hanseatic League

noun
  1. a member of the Hanseatic League

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