CH
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Abbreviation of Latin Confoederatio Helvetica (“‘Swiss confederation’”)
[edit] Abbreviation
CH
- (ISO country codes) Switzerland, a member state of the United Nations.
[edit] English
[edit] Initialism
CH
- Companion of Honour, a British honour and postnomial abbreviation.
- heavy cruiser, a variant of the cruiser type of warship
- (Canadian) the hockey club, the Montreal Canadiens
- (US, army, aviation) the prefix for cargo helicopter designations
- (set theory) continuum hypothesis
[edit] Cornish
[edit] Letter
CH (upper case, lower case ch)
- Third letter of the Cornish Alphabet
[edit] French
[edit] Initialism
CH m. (plural CH)
- (Canadian, fr) the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.
[edit] Italian
[edit] Abbreviation
CH
- Chieti (Italian town in Abruzzo)
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Abbreviation
CH
- Chihuahua (Mexican state)
[edit] Letter
CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- 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)
[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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