Definitions for Hansa

Hansa Han·sa

Spelling: [han-suh, -zuh]
IPA: /ˈhæn sə, -zə/

Hansa is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in Hansa (aahns).

Definitions for Hansa

noun

  1. a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
  2. a fee paid to a merchant guild by a new member.
  3. Also called Hansa town, Hansetown. a town that is a member of the Hanseatic League.
  4. Hanseatic League.

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

Examples for Hansa

Why should not the Hansa, he pleaded, once more play the rôle of king-maker?

It terminated in 1370, leaving the Hansa master of the situation.

Under this pressure, in 1597, an exception was made in favor of the Hansa.

What a degradation of sentiment in the Hansa when the cause of one was no longer the cause of all!

Such trade warriors are not uncommon in the history of the Hansa.

But Waldemar had resolved to break entirely the power of the Hansa.

So perished the last great Hanseatic hero and with him the Hansa's power.

Nay, this question can receive no final reply in any period of the Hansa's history.

In number and excellence of ships the Hansa had the advantage.

This was the Hanseatic League (so called from the word Hansa, a convention).

Word Value for Hansa
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