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Etymology
Conflation of Latin ānsa and Latin nassa.
Pronunciation
Noun
nansa f (plural nanses)
- handle, loop, grip
2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 5, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:Cadascú va prendre la caixa de municions per una de les nanses laterals.- Each took the box of munitions by one of the handles on the side.
- fish trap
- (surgery) snare (looped instrument for removing polyps, etc.)
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