adjective
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of or relating to the Helvetii
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another word for Swiss
noun
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a native or citizen of Switzerland
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a member of the Helvetii
Etymology
Origin of Helvetian
First recorded in 1550–60; Helveti(a) + -an
Example Sentences
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Oenophiles seeking a “full-bodied” experience of Helvetian wines, which are rarely exported, can also download the new app from the Canton of Vaud featuring eight wine-centric hiking routes, including one above Vevey.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2019
She did not even notice how they perched high on seemingly unattainable crags like stranded arks on Helvetian Ararats.
From The Key to Yesterday by Buck, Charles Neville
The German tribes, the Spanish, the Helvetian, the Illyrian, Africans of every race, and Moors; the islanders of the Mediterranean, and the mixed populations of Asia, had all been faced by Cæsar.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
She stepped up to the garden-wall, and looked over towards the Helvetian mountains.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Identical stipulations had been made for the Helvetian Republic and had been similarly violated.
From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History
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