ex:hingis is switzerland,its written hingis(sui)
2006-06-10 17:23:55 · 6 answers · asked by preppyprincess 1 in Travel ➔ Switzerland ➔ Other - Switzerland
Both are the abbreviations in French, Suisse/Espagne
Switzerland anyway is a exceptional country with all possible names and abbreviations.
Official: CH (confoederatio helvetica)
Websites: CH
Airplane: HB (helvetia b... - don't know)
Stamps: Helvetia
Sports: Sz or SUI
Translations:
Switzerland
Schweiz (German)
Suisse (French)
Svizzera (Italian)
Svizra (Romantsch)
Suiza (Spanish)
Greetings from Switzerland
2006-06-13 08:15:44 · answer #1 · answered by swissnick 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes Switzerland is written as SUI and when it is, it is as others have said because the French name is Suisse. However, in other contexts the abbreviation for Switzerland is CH, because the German-, French-, Italian- and Romantsh-speakers of Switzerland all have different names for the country (Schweiz, Suiise, Svizzera, Svizra) so in the interest of compromise they use the Latin name, Helvetia--the C is for whatever Confederation is in Latin.
2006-06-12 06:00:04 · answer #2 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Switzerland is the English name. In French (the language used by many Europeans) it is Suisse (SUI).
Likewise, Spain is Espana (ESP).
Not everyone in the world speaks English alone.
2006-06-11 00:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by RogerW 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A lot of abbreviations for countries are based on the native language name for the country.
2006-06-11 00:27:11 · answer #4 · answered by xtowgrunt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from Suisse and Espana respectively.
2006-06-11 00:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by misen55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
suisse, and spain is españa. that's the way the country's native language calls itself.
2006-06-11 00:26:33 · answer #6 · answered by laydlo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋