Ansa (Latin for " handle") or ANSA may refer to:

Organizations

Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata The Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA; literally "National Associated Press Agency") is the leading news agency in Italy. ANSA is a not-for-profit cooperative, whose members and owners are 36 leading news organizations in Italy. Its missi ...

, Italian news agency **

Ansa Mediterranean The Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA; literally "National Associated Press Agency") is the leading news agency in Italy. ANSA is a not-for-profit cooperative, whose members and owners are 36 leading news organizations in Italy. Its missi ...

or ANSAmed, section of the above * Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia *

Association of Norwegian Students Abroad The Association of Norwegian Students Abroad (ANSA, in Norwegian: ''Samskipnaden for norske studenter i utlandet'') is a non-profit and membership based organisation aiming to voice the educational, cultural, political and economic interests of No ...

Science and technology

Advanced Networked Systems Architecture Andrew James Herbert, OBE, FREng (born 1954) is a British computer scientist, formerly Chairman of Microsoft Research, for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Biography Herbert received a bachelor's of science degree in computational ...

, a 1990s, pre-CORBA, distributed systems architecture * ''Ansa'' (moth), genus of moth *

ANSA Pre-processor ANSA is a computer-aided engineering tool for Finite Element Analysis and CFD Analysis widely used in the automotive industry. It is developed by BETA CAE Systems. The software is distributed world wide by a number of BETA CAE Systems subsidiari ...

, commercial pre-processing software (Automatic Net-generation for Structural Analysis) * In archaeology, the engraved and ornamented handle of a vase * ''Ansae'', in astronomy, compact nebulosities such as can be found in protoplanetary nebulae * In astronomy, one of the apparent ends of the rings of Saturn *

Bridge (chemical) In chemistry, a bicyclic molecule () is a molecule that features two joined rings. Bicyclic structures occur widely, for example in many biologically important molecules like α-thujene and camphor. A bicyclic compound can be carbocyclic (all ...

between two functional groups/ligands ** ''Ansa''-metallocene

Anatomy

Ansa cervicalis The ansa cervicalis (or ansa hypoglossi in older literature) is a loop of nerves that are part of the cervical plexus. It lies superficial to the internal jugular vein in the carotid triangle. Its name means "handle of the neck" in Latin. Branc ...

, a loop of nerves that are part of the cervical plexus *

Ansa lenticularis The ansa lenticularis (''ansa lentiformis'' in older texts) is a part of the brain, making up the superior layer of the substantia innominata. Its fibers, derived from the medullary lamina of the lentiform nucleus, pass medially to end in the thal ...

, a part of the brain, making up the superior layer of the substantia innominata of Meynert * Loop of Henle (''ansa nephroni''), a portion of a nephron in the kidney * Ansa of the

tympanal organ A tympanal organ (or tympanic organ) is a hearing organ in insects, consisting of a membrane ( tympanum) stretched across a frame backed by an air sac and associated sensory neurons. Sounds vibrate the membrane, and the vibrations are sensed by ...

People

Ansa, Queen of the Lombards Ansa or Ansia (died after 774) was a Queen of the Lombards by marriage to Desiderius (756–774), King of the Lombards. Life She belonged to an aristocratic family of Brescia. The Latin name does not imply a Romano-Italic origin, as Romans and ...

(fl. 753–774), wife of Desiderius, king of the Lombards *

Ansa Ikonen Aili Ansa Inkeri Ikonen (19 December 1913, in Saint Petersburg – 23 May 1989, in Helsinki) was a Finnish film and theater actress. Ikonen was an intelligent comedian and a skillful character actress. In a film career spanning three decades, Ikon ...

(1913–1989), Finnish actress *

Tina McElroy Ansa Tina McElroy Ansa (born November 18, 1949) is an African-American novelist, filmmaker, teacher, entrepreneur and journalist. Her work has appeared in the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Newsday'',''The Atlanta Constitution'', ''Florida Times-Union'', ' ...

(born 1949), African American novelist, filmmaker, teacher, and journalist

Other uses

Ansa (Hinduism) Amsha or Ansha is a deity in Hinduism and one of the Ādityas, - a group of celestial deities that populate the sky with their parents Kashyapa and Aditi. Amsha is a solar deity. The Adityás The oldest legends specify seven or eight of these ...

or , a solar deity and one of the Adityas * ANSA, equivalent of NASA in the 1968 film ''

Planet of the Apes ''Planet of the Apes'' is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. The franchise is based on Frenc ...

'' * Armed non-state actors, a term used in political science *

National Security Advisor (United States) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor (NSA),The National Security Advisor and Staff: p. 1. is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President, based at t ...

, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

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