Switzerland
Helvetia is the Latin name for Switzerland. Switzerland is a landlocked country located in central Europe, bordered by France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Liechtenstein.
Switzerland - official name: CH, confoederatio helvetica
Switzerland is the country known as Helvetia. Helvetia is written on their stamps
Helvetia
Helvetia
Helvetia is the name of Switzerland in Latin. It is a compromise on marking stamps for a country with so many languages. It avoids multiple names in different languages.
Helvetia is the Latin name for Switzerland. They speak German, French and Italian, so it is rather confusing! Rather than try to use the three official languages of Switzerland they use the Latin.
The official name of Switzerland is Latin, so as not to offend speakers of the four different languages in the country. Helvetia was the Latin name for the area, but now it is a federation of Cantons, so the official name is Cantones Helvetiae, Cantons of Helvetia.
Switzerland
Helvetia is the ancient name for the region that is now modern-day Switzerland.
Helvetica is actually Latin for Swiss, not Switzerland (which is Helvetia).