Definition of Hansas

1. hansa [n] - See also: hansa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hansas

hankeringly
hankerings
hankers
hankey
hankie
hankies
hanking
hanksite
hanky
hanky panky
hanmun
hannayite
hannebachite
hansa
hansas (current term)
hanse
hanseatic
hansel
hanseled
hanselines
hanseling
hanselled
hanselling
hansels
hansen disease
hansenula
hanses
hanshaw
hansom

Literary usage of Hansas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste by Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya (1896)
"The Parama hansas are of two kinds. Those who enter the order after having been Dandis are called Dandi Parama hansas, while those who are promoted from the ..."

2. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1898)
"1-19, pages 217-220, are of hansas. In all these stanzas from the Indian anthologies, the material is similar or in good part identical, and of course from ..."

3. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"59, calls the 'hansas' mentioned in the note. charter of York (vol. ii. p. tjg)' foreign • Acta Parl. ... Rep., It is far more probable that' hansas 'is p. ..."

4. An Introduction to the History of Christianity, A.D. 590-1314 by Frederick John Foakes-Jackson (1921)
"These associations were known as hansas, or guilds. ... The hansas had their agents in every city, and were particularly active as purchasers of goods in ..."

5. The Close of the Middle Ages, 1273-1494 by Richard Lodge (1904)
"In the North Sea there were three great foreign markets to which German merchants resorted, and where they formed hansas of notable importance. ..."

6. The Close of the Middle Ages, 1272-1494 by Richard Lodge (1906)
"In the North Sea there were three great foreign markets to which German merchants resorted, and where they formed hansas of notable importance. ..."

7. An Introduction to the Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India by William Crooke (1894)
"This, we learn from the commentator, was in the Krita age, and the one caste he tells us of was named Hansa, or " the swan " The hansas are again, ..."

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