Hanseatic League

English Etymology From en Hanseatic league. Proper noun Hanseatic League 1 en historical The commercial and military alliance of German (chiefly 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. en w:National Geographic 1989 May 175 5 The Baltic: Arena of Power Priit J. Vesilind 605 Only for a brief two centuries in the Middle Ages did a Baltic community coalesce, under the Hanseatic League of prosperous cities that valued trade over plunder. Synonyms en Hansa en Hanse, en Hanse association, en Hanse league en Hanses Related terms en Hanseatic city en Hanse town, en Hanse city Translations former commercial and military alliance Danish: da Hansaen, da Hanseforbundet n Dutch: nl Hanze f Estonian: et Hansa Liit Finnish: fi hansaliitto, fi hansa French: fr Ligue hanséatique f, fr Hanse f Georgian: ka ჰანზა, ka ჰანზის კავშირი German: de Hanse f Italian: it Lega anseatica f Low German: German Low German: nds-de Hanse Norwegian: no Hansaen m, no Hansaforbundet n Persian: fa هانزا hânzâ Polish: pl Hanza f, pl Liga Hanzeatycka f Portuguese: pt Liga Hanseática f Russian: ru Га́нза f, ru Ганзе́йский сою́з m Spanish: es Liga Hanseática f Swedish: sv Hansan, sv Hanseförbundet n See also en Hansestadt en Organizations