Helvetia

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Helvetia. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /hɛlˈviːʃə/, /hɛlˈviːʃi.ə/ === Proper noun === Helvetia A region inhabited by the Helvetii in central Europe. (poetic) Switzerland; the national personification of Switzerland. A small settlement near Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand. A ghost town in Pima County, Arizona, United States. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. A census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. ==== Related terms ==== Helvetian Helvetii ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From Helvētius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛɫˈweː.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [elˈvɛt.t͡si.a] === Proper noun === Helvētia f sg (genitive Helvētiae); first declension (Classical Latin) The lands of the Helvetii, a tribe inhabiting what is now modern-day Switzerland between the 2nd and 1st centuries b.c. (New Latin) Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Cōnfoederātiō Helvētica ==== Related terms ==== helvēticus Helvētiī Helvētius ==== Descendants ==== → Armenian: Հելվեցիա (Helvecʻia) → English: Helvetia → French: Helvétie → Greek: Ελβετία (Elvetía)→ Romanian: Elveția → Irish: Eilvéis → Italian: Elvezia → Manx: Elveeish → Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheis