English

Proper noun

Hanseatic League

1. 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.

Synonyms

• Hansa
• Hanse, Hanse association, Hanse league
• Hanses

Related terms

• Hanseatic city
• Hanse town, Hanse city

Translations

See also

• Lufthansa
• Hansestadt