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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient region of central Europe between the Alps and the Jura Mountains. It was named by the Romans for its predominantly Celtic inhabitants, the Helvetii. Helvetia corresponded roughly to the western part of modern Switzerland, and the name is still used on Swiss currency and postage stamps.
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- noun An ancient
Celtic country in central Europe, - noun poetic
Switzerland - noun The national personification of Switzerland.
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Examples
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I'm pretty sure "snout" houses in Helvetia would sell without billions in subsidies (I could be wrong, maybe they're considering street money pinatas too).
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'On Thursday, March 29, four companies of the Royal Irish Rifles were under orders to go by march route to De Wet's Dorp, and to leave one company behind at Helvetia, which is midway between the two townships.
From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa W. E. Sellers
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The central part of this region may be called the Helvetia of the peninsula; in ancient times it was the home of the intrepid Sabini, Marsi, Marrucini, Peligni, and Frentani, who for more than a century checked the progress of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Originally it was proposed that the typeface be called Helvetia (Latin for Switzerland), but the designers didn't want to name it after a country, and so it was called Helvetica instead (which is Latin for Swiss).
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Originally it was proposed that the typeface be called Helvetia (Latin for Switzerland), but the designers didn't want to name it after a country, and so it was called Helvetica instead (which is Latin for Swiss).
Boagworld recommends 2010
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If it were much more restrictive, and perfect agricultural land such Helvetia was labeled as permanently off limits, then we would have something to boast about.
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Helvetia, etc. are just the latest protester-victim in front of the bulldozer. funny how cities must always eat more and more resources, land and taxes just to survive, isn't it?
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Somebody will make money, but then again somebody will make money by scraping Helvetia and building snout houses.
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Somebody will make money, but then again somebody will make money by scraping Helvetia and building snout houses.
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There is room on the list for some wonderful, stoned, noodly incoherence from Helvetia ( "this one-way street doesn't allow bicycles/Oh no") and some moving, outsider, off-kilter folk from Kath Bloom ( "I knew that I would ride with you/If I could").
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