# hansa
## Cebuano
### Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá, “swan, goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰansós, genitive of *ǵʰáns (“goose”). (Can this etymology be sourced?) Compare gansa.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: han‧sa

### Noun

hansa
* a swan

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* Hansa

### Etymology

From German Hanse (“Hanseatic League”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɑnsɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑnsɑ
* Hyphenation: han‧sa

### Noun

hansa
* (historical) the Hanseatic League, the Hansa

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hansa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hansani
accusative
nom.
hansani
gen.
hansani
genitive
hansani
partitive
hansaani
inessive
hansassani
elative
hansastani
illative
hansaani
adessive
hansallani
ablative
hansaltani
allative
hansalleni
essive
hansanani
translative
hansakseni
abessive
hansattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hansasi
accusative
nom.
hansasi
gen.
hansasi
genitive
hansasi
partitive
hansaasi
inessive
hansassasi
elative
hansastasi
illative
hansaasi
adessive
hansallasi
ablative
hansaltasi
allative
hansallesi
essive
hansanasi
translative
hansaksesi
abessive
hansattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hansamme
accusative
nom.
hansamme
gen.
hansamme
genitive
hansamme
partitive
hansaamme
inessive
hansassamme
elative
hansastamme
illative
hansaamme
adessive
hansallamme
ablative
hansaltamme
allative
hansallemme
essive
hansanamme
translative
hansaksemme
abessive
hansattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hansanne
accusative
nom.
hansanne
gen.
hansanne
genitive
hansanne
partitive
hansaanne
inessive
hansassanne
elative
hansastanne
illative
hansaanne
adessive
hansallanne
ablative
hansaltanne
allative
hansallenne
essive
hansananne
translative
hansaksenne
abessive
hansattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hansansa
accusative
nom.
hansansa
gen.
hansansa
genitive
hansansa
partitive
hansaansa
inessive
hansassaan hansassansa
elative
hansastaan hansastansa
illative
hansaansa
adessive
hansallaan hansallansa
ablative
hansaltaan hansaltansa
allative
hansalleen hansallensa
essive
hansanaan hansanansa
translative
hansakseen hansaksensa
abessive
hansattaan hansattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* hansakauppias
* hansakaupunki
* hansakoggi
* hansaliitto

### Further reading

* “hansa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* ahnas, nahas, sahan

## Gothic
### Romanization

hansa
* Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌰

## Irish
### Noun

hansa
* h-prothesized form of ansa

## Japanese
### Romanization

hansa
* Rōmaji transcription of はんさ

## Latin
### Etymology

From Old High German hansa, from Proto-Germanic *hansō (“band or company”). Cognate with Old English hōs (“company, band”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈhan.sa/, [ˈhä̃ːs̠ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈan.sa/, [ˈänsä]

### Noun

hansa f (genitive hansae); first declension
* a Hanse; a commercial or military alliance of cities such as formerly existed in northern Europe

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* hanseaticus

#### Descendants

* → Old English: *hanse, *hans
** ⇒ Old English: *hanshūs
*** → Medieval Latin: hanshus (Anglo-Latin)
* → English: Hanse
* → French: Hanse

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɐ̃.sɐ/
* Hyphenation: han‧sa

### Noun

hansa f (plural hansas)
* (historical) Hanse (guild of merchants around the Baltic coast)