Hanseatic League

English

Etymology

Hanseatic +‎ league

Proper noun

Hanseatic League

(historical) The commercial and military alliance of Low German merchant guilds and privileged market towns which dominated trade along the coasts of northern Europe from the mid-12th to mid-17th centuries.

Synonyms

Hansa
Hanse, Hanse association, Hanse league
Hanses

Related terms

Hanseatic city
Hanse town, Hanse city

Translations

former commercial and military alliance

Danish: Hansaen
Dutch: Hanze (nl) f
Estonian: Hansa Liit
Finnish: hansaliitto (fi), hansa (fi)
French: Ligue hanséatique f, Hanse (fr) f
Georgian: ჰანზა (hanza), ჰანზის კავშირი (hanzis ḳavširi)
German: Hanse (de) f

Italian: Lega anseatica f
Low German:
German Low German: Hanse
Persian: هانزا‎ (hânzâ)
Polish: Hanza f, Liga Hanzeatycka f
Russian: Га́нза (ru) f (Gánza), Ганзе́йский сою́з m (Ganzéjskij sojúz)
Swedish: Hansan

See also

Lufthansa
Hansestadt

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