Ansa

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

Organizations

Advanced Networked Systems Architecture, a 1990s, pre-CORBA, distributed systems architecture
Ansa (moth), genus of moth
ANSA Pre-processor, 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) between two functional groups/ligands
- Ansa-metallocene

Ansa cervicalis, a loop of nerves that are part of the cervical plexus
Ansa lenticularis, 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

Ansa, Queen of the Lombards (fl. 753–774), wife of Desiderius, king of the Lombards
Ansa Ikonen (1913–1989), Finnish actress
Tina McElroy Ansa (born 1949), African American novelist, filmmaker, teacher, and journalist

Ansa (Hinduism) or Aṃśa, a solar deity and one of the Adityas
ANSA, equivalent of NASA in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes
Armed non-state actors, a term used in political science
National Security Advisor (United States), Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs