Ansa or ANSA may refer to:

Organizations Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata, Italian news agency Ansa Mediterranean or ANSAmed, section of the above Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia Artists for a New South Africa (1989–c.2014) Association of Norwegian Students Abroad

Science and technology Anatomy 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

Astronomy Ansae, compact nebulosities such as can be found in protoplanetary nebulae One of the apparent ends of the rings of Saturn

Computing Advanced Networked Systems Architecture, a 1990s, pre-CORBA, distributed systems architecture ANSA Pre-processor, commercial pre-processing software (Automatic Net-generation for Structural Analysis)

Other uses in science and technology Ansa (moth), a genus of moth In archaeology, the engraved and ornamented handle of a vase Bridge (chemical) between two functional groups/ligands Ansa-metallocene

People Ansa, Queen of the Lombards ( 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

Other uses Ansa (Hinduism) or , 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

See also Ansah, a given name and surname Anza (disambiguation)