Associations to the word «Hanseatic»

Wiktionary

HANSEATIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to the German Hanse.
HANSEATIC CITIES, noun. Plural of Hanseatic city
HANSEATIC CITY, noun. (chiefly history) A member-city or former member-city of the Hanseatic League.
HANSEATIC LEAGUE, proper noun. 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.

Wise words

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