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HELVETIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Helvetia mean?
• HELVETIA (noun)
The noun HELVETIA has 1 sense:
1. the Latin name for Switzerland
Familiarity information: HELVETIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Latin name for Switzerland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)
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