Why do they say CH? How does CH = Switzerland? There is neither a C nor an H in Switzerland? CHeese? CHocolate? What?
2006-09-01 04:28:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Confederation Helvetica (I spelled Confederation wrong, it's supposed to be Latin)
CH is the official abbreviation for Switzerland because the German, French and Italian speakers don't want to use each other's name for the country (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera) so they use Latin and no one can gloat.
2006-09-01 04:32:49 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CH for Confoederatio Helvetica is the international abbreviation for Switzerland.
For historical reasons, Switzerland’s official name is still the “Helvetic Confederation” (in Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica) from which the country’s international abbreviation, CH, is derived. However, this is in fact a misnomer: a confederation is an alliance of autonomous entities. Since 1848 Switzerland has been a federation: a grouping of entities with a central authority.
The word Helvetic refers to the Helvetians, one of the many Celtic tribes living in what is now Switzerland at the time of the Roman conquest.
2006-09-01 11:35:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CH is an abriviation of the Latin name for Switzerland:
Confoederatio Helvetica.
2006-09-02 16:41:34 · answer #3 · answered by Richard 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋