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Hanse

Hanse: Hanse Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h[=o]s band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. [1913 Webster]
{Hanse towns} (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also {Hansa} and {Hanseatic league}, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, L["u]beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are {free cities}, and are still frequently called Hanse towns. [1913 Webster]

Hanse — (h[a^]ns), n. [Cf. F. anse handle, anse de panier surbased arch, flat arch, vault, and E. haunch hip.] (Arch.) That part of an elliptical or many centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hanse — 1> ист. Ганза, Ганзейский союз … Новый большой англо-русский словарь
Hanse — (Gesch.), so v.w. Hansa … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Hanse — Nordeuropa und die Hansestädte um 1400 14. und Anf. 15. Jahrh … Deutsch Wikipedia

Hanse — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hanse (homonymie). La Hanse (également appelée ligue hanséatique, Hanse germanique ou Hanse teutonique) était l association des villes marchandes de l Europe du Nord autour de la mer du Nord et de la mer Baltique … Wikipédia en Français
HANSE — s. f. (H s aspire. Quelques uns écrivent, Anse. ) On appelle Hanse teutonique , ou simplement Hanse, Une confédération de plusieurs villes d Allemagne et du Nord, qui étaient unies ensemble pour le commerce, sous de certaines constitutions … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
Hanse — (историческое) Ганза, Ганзейский союз … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
Hanse — noun see Hansa … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hanse — f = ист. Ганза … Большой немецко-русский и русско-немецкий словарь
hanse — придых. f ист. ганза … Большой французско-русский и русско-французский словарь