Hansa Explained
Hansa may refer to:
Places
Transportation
Ships
- Hansa, a schooner, the research ship of the Second German North Polar Expedition
- , a container ship, the recovery of whose lost cargo of uniquely numbered Nike shoes provided research into North Pacific Ocean currents
- , a German auxiliary cruiser used in World War II
- , a German Imperial navy ship name
- , a German armored corvette
- , a German protected cruiser
- , several steamships of the name
- , a German transatlantic passenger liner renamed Hansa in 1935 because Ballin had been Jewish
- , a Swedish passenger liner, sunk by a Soviet submarine in 1944
Others
- Hansa (airship), or Zeppelin LZ13, a German airship
- Hansa (car), a German car brand of the Borgward group
- HFB 320 Hansa Jet, a German business jet
- Hansa Bai, 15th century Queen of Mewar
Organizations
- Hanseatic League, a 13th–17th century alliance of European trading cities
- Hansa Brewery, a Norwegian brewery merged to form Hansa Borg Bryggerier
- Hansa Records, a record label based in Germany
- Hansa Tonstudio, a recording studio in Berlin, Germany
- Hansa Rostock, a German football (soccer) club
- Lufthansa, a German airline company
- Lüneburger SK Hansa, a German football (soccer) club
- DDG Hansa, a former German shipping company
- Hansa (market), a former darknet market
- Hansa Chippers, a woodchipper manufacturer based in New Zealand
Other uses
- Hansa, a synonym for Metrocles (skipper), a genus of butterflies
- Hansa (film), a 2012 Hindi film directed by Manav Kaul
- Hansa Bird, or Hamsa, a swan or goose used as a symbol and decorative element in India
- Hansa Session, a 2018 album by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches.
- Hansa Yellow, a yellow pigment used in paints
- Hansa, an Earth-based trade organization that governs much of human civilization in Kevin J. Anderson's The Saga of Seven Suns science fiction series
- Hansa Parekh, a character in the Khichdi franchise
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