CH

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin Confoederatio Helvetica (“Swiss confederation”)

Symbol

CH

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Switzerland.

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English

Wikipedia

Initialism

CH

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

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Cornish

Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch)

1. Third letter of the Cornish Alphabet

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French

Proper noun

CH m pl

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

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Italian

Abbreviation

CH

1. Chieti (Italian town in Abruzzo)

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Latvian

Letter

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

1. a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by H (lower case h).

Usage notes

This letter can still be found in older books, or in books written by the Latvian diaspora prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to represent the sound of IPA symbol /x/, as distinct from /h/; but since these sounds have merged as /x/ in current Latvian pronunciation, <h> (= /x/) is now used in all cases.

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Spanish

Abbreviation

CH

1. Chihuahua (Mexican state)

Letter

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

1. che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet

Usage notes

Since 1994, this letter has been treated as C followed by H for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

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Welsh

Letter

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

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

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.