Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hanseatic_league

1 sense of hanseatic league

Sense 1
Hanseatic League -- (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)
       => confederation, confederacy, federation -- (a union of political organizations)