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Hanze.

Hanseatic League (trading network and interest group of the northern Holy Roman Empire and nearby lands)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɦɑn.zə/
  1. Hanseatic League (trading network and interest group of the northern Holy Roman Empire and nearby lands)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch hanse, from Old Dutch hansa, from Proto-West Germanic *hansu, from Proto-Germanic *hansō. Equivalent to hanze (“merchants' guild”) turned into a proper noun.

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