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Hanseatic

Hanseatic adjective: of or pertaining to the German Hanse.

Adjective

Hanseatic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the German Hanse.
    • The Hanseatic museum is housed in a carefully-preserved gaard, or store-house and offices of the Hanseatic League of German merchants, who inhabited the German quarter (Tydskenbryggen) and were established here in great strength from 1445 to 1558 (when the Norwegians began to find their presence...1911, “Bergen”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume 3, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 772

Origin of Hanseatic

From Medieval Latin hanseaticus, from hansa, of Germanic origin, from Old High German hansa (“troop, company”), from Proto-West Germanic *hansu (“crowd, company”).

Words formed from Hanseatic

Phrases with Hanseatic

Questions about Hanseatic

What does Hanseatic mean?
Hanseatic means of or pertaining to the German Hanse.
What part of speech is Hanseatic?
Hanseatic is an adjective.

Words near Hanseatic in the dictionary

  1. Hanscomb
  2. Hanscombe
  3. Hanscombes
  4. Hanscoms
  5. hanse
  6. Hanseatic
  7. Hanseatic cities
  8. Hanseatic city
  9. Hanseatic League
  10. hansel
  11. Hansel and Gretel

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