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Old Oct 23, 2004 | 12:57 pm
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Originally Posted by gate_pourri
I was able to find this out online.

Lufthansa derives from Luft (the German word for "air") and Hansa (the Hanseatic trade organization that ruled large parts of Northern Europe during the medieval times).
Specifically, a Hansa was a German trading society. The Hanse in each of several northern German cities that bound together to form the Hanseatic League.
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