CH

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin Confoederatio Helvetica (“‘Swiss confederation’”)

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CH

  1. (ISO country codes) Switzerland, a member state of the United Nations.

[edit] English

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[edit] Initialism

CH

  1. Companion of Honour, a British honour and postnomial abbreviation.
  2. heavy cruiser, a variant of the cruiser type of warship
  3. (Canadian) the hockey club, the Montreal Canadiens
  4. (US, army, aviation) the prefix for cargo helicopter designations
  5. (set theory) continuum hypothesis

[edit] Cornish

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CH (upper case, lower case ch)

  1. Third letter of the Cornish Alphabet

[edit] French

[edit] Initialism

CH m. (plural CH)

  1. (Canadian, fr) the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.

[edit] Italian

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CH

  1. Chieti (Italian town in Abruzzo)

[edit] Spanish

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CH

  1. Chihuahua (Mexican state)

[edit] Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

  1. che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet

[edit] Usage notes

Since 1994, this letter has been treated as C followed by H for collation purposes only. Otherwise, it is considered a distinct letter.

[edit] Welsh

[edit] Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

  1. èch, the fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, after C and before D

[edit] Usage notes

Lke the other Welsh digraphs, CH is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, CHWECH is alphabetically sorted after CYLLELL.

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