hansa

Ultimately from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá, “swan, goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰansós, genitive of *ǵʰáns (“goose”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Compare gansa.

• Hyphenation: han‧sa

hansa

1. a swan

• Hansa

From German Hanse (“Hanseatic League”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑnsɑ/, [ˈhɑns̠ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): han‧sa

hansa

1. (historical) the Hanseatic League, the Hansa

• hansakauppias
• hansakaupunki
• hansakoggi
• hansaliitto

• ahnas, nahas, sahan

hansa

1. Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌰

hansa

1. h-prothesized form of ansa

hansa

1. Rōmaji transcription of はんさ

From Old High German hansa, from Proto-Germanic *hansō (“band or company”). Cognate with Old English hōs (“company, band”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhan.sa/, [ˈhä̃ːs̠ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.sa/, [ˈänsä]

hansa f (genitive hansae); first declension

1. a Hanse; a commercial or military alliance of cities such as formerly existed in northern Europe

First-declension noun.

• hanseaticus

• → Old English: *hanse, *hans
  • ⇒ Old English: *hanshūs
    • → Medieval Latin: hanshus (Anglo-Latin)
• → English: Hanse
• → French: Hanse

hansa f (plural hansas)

1. (historical) Hanse (guild of merchants around the Baltic coast)