Ansa
Overview
 
Ansa or ANSA can refer to any of the following:
  • Ansa, Queen of the Lombards, 8th century, wife of Desiderius, king of the Lombards
  • Ansa (moth)
    Ansa (moth)
    Ansa is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.-References:*...

    , genus of moth
  • Ansa (Hinduism)
    Ansa (Hinduism)
    Ansa is a solar deity in Hinduism and one of the Ādityas....

     or in Hinduism, a solar deity and one of the Adityas.
  • ansa as part of Arabic
    Arabic language
    Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

     words means "constant"

As the acronym ANSA:
  • Afghan National Standards Association, the ISO
    International Organization for Standardization
    The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...

     representative organization for Afghanistan.
  • Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata, Italian news agency
    • Ansa Mediterranean
      Ansa Mediterranean
      Ansa Mediterranean is a section of the Italian news agency Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. According to its website, it is a new press agency for the Mediterranean and about the Mediterranean.-External links:* * *...

       or ANSAmed, section of the above
  • Association of Norwegian Students Abroad
  • Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia
    Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia
    The Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia is a non-profit professional organization for applied neuroscience in Australia, with members in Australia, New Zealand and Asia....

  • Australian Network of Student Anthropologists, student-run arm of the Australian Anthropological Society
    Australian Anthropological Society
    The Australian Anthropological Society is the professional association representing anthropologists in Australia.-History:The Australian Anthropological Society is a recently formed organization, founded in 1973 "to promote the advancement of anthropology as a discipline" There were, however,...

    .
  • ANSA, an Italian manufacturer of OEM exhaust systems for automobiles.
  • ANSA Pre-processor
    ANSA Pre-processor
    ANSA is a CAE tool for Finite Element Analysis and CFD Analysis widely used in the automotive industry. It is developed by the BETA CAE Systems S.A., Greece. In the United States, it is distributed by Beta CAE Systems, USA, based in Farmington Hills, Michigan....

    , commercial pre-processing software (Automatic Net-generation for Structural Analysis).
  • The Planet of the Apes
    Planet of the Apes (1968 film)
    Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des singes by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly and Linda Harrison...

    equivalent of NASA; it is never made clear in the movies what the letters actually stand for.
  • ANSA Business, watch retailer based in The Netherlands

ansa is Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 for "handle".
 
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