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Confoederatio Helvetica (Latin for Helvetican Confederation) - the official abbreviation for Switzerland, as seen on car licence plates and website addresses.

It was chosen as the official abbreviation for Switzerland as the country was multilingual and was unsure what to use. To stay neutral, they chose a Latin name. "Helvetica" was the Roman name for roughly the area of present-day Switzerland.

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