Helvetia
Americannoun
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an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the western and northern parts of Switzerland.
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Latin name of Switzerland.
noun
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the Latin name for Switzerland
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a Roman province in central Europe (1st century bc to the 5th century ad ), corresponding to part of S Germany and parts of W and N Switzerland
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Helvetia, a community of just 85 people, has hosted Fasnacht for more than half a century.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2022
The remains of the Helvetia, a ship wrecked in 1887, is visible on the beach at low tide.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2020
On this date in 1910, Edward Hughes, one of the original locators of the Helvetia mines, died.
From Washington Times • May 9, 2018
Baloise, Helvetia Holding AG and Swiss Life Holding AG, the Alpine nation’s biggest private real-estate investor, are being outmuscled as record-low interest rates spur the country’s 352,000 millionaire households to buy property.
From BusinessWeek • Dec. 9, 2011
The son of Helvetia discovered the precious metal in grains, and nuggets, interspersed with the drift of a fluvial deposit.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
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