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Date "HELVETIA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Helvetia Switzerland. So called from the Helvetii, a powerful Celtic people who dwelt thereabouts. "See from the ashes of Helvetia's pile The whitened skull of old Servetus smile." Holmes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Helvetia, Wisconsin."
Crosswords: HELVETIA |
| English words defined with "HELVETIA": Alkali green. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "HELVETIA": Alcastus. (references) |
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 | Probably photographed in July 1918, when she was inspected and acquired for the U.S. Navy as USS Helvetia (SP-3096). Intended to serve as a decoy to lure German U-boats within torpedo range of U.S. submarines operating nearby, Helvetia was operationally deployed but never encountered the enemy. Credit: NAVY. |  | Under sail, as seen from the submarine USS E-2 (SS-25), during an anti-submarine patrol in 1918. Helvetia, a former civilian schooner, was intended to serve as decoy ship to entice German submarines to surface and attack her with gunfire, hereupon the U.S. Navy submarine, following submerged, would torpedo the enemy U-Boat. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Helvetia. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "HELVETIA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HELVETIA" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Helvetia, WV |
Expressions using "HELVETIA": Helvetia green ♦ Helvetia lace leather ♦ Helvetia leather. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
half helvetia marathon | 37 | helvetia bristol florence | 3 |
helvetia | 32 | helvetia watch | 3 |
helvetia hotel | 12 | helvetia pro | 3 |
helvetia wv | 12 | helvetia hotel levante sestri | 2 |
hotel helvetia and bristol | 8 | helvetia bristol hotel florence | 2 |
helvetia bristol | 7 | colegio helvetia | 2 |
helvetia west virginia | 5 | cotonou helvetia jardin | 2 |
helvetia hotel munich | 5 | helvetia new | 2 |
2003 half helvetia marathon | 3 | coin helvetia | 2 |
half helvetia | 3 | gay helvetia travel | 2 |
helvetia tavern | 3 | helvetia stamp | 2 |
the swiss helvetia fund | 3 | coin helvetia swiss | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "HELVETIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | Switserland (Switzerland), Helvesië. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | helvetialaeder (Helvetia lace leather, Helvetia leather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Helvetië. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Helvetio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mänttiremminahka (Helvetia lace leather, Helvetia leather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Helvétie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Helvetia Leder (Helvetia lace leather, Helvetia leather), Stiftung Pro Helvetia (PRO HELVETIA Arts Council of Switzerland), Schweizer Kulturstiftung Pro Helvetia (PRO HELVETIA Arts Council of Switzerland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κίτρινο δέρμα τύπου Eλβετίας (Helvetia lace leather, Helvetia leather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Fondazione Pro Helvetia (PRO HELVETIA Arts Council of Switzerland), cuoio maschereccio per lacciuoli (Helvetia lace leather, Helvetia leather), cuoio maschereccio o corona (Helvetia lace leather, Helvetia leather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elvetiahay couro "Helvetia". (various references) PRO HELVETIA Fundaciòn Suiza para la Cultura (PRO HELVETIA Arts Council of Switzerland), cuero Helvetia para tiretas (Helvetia lace leather, Helvetia leather), cuero Helvetia (Helvetia lace leather, Helvetia leather). (various references) fettgarvat läder (Helvetia lace leather, Helvetia leather). (various references) Ýsviçre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"HELVETIA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Helvetiae. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-l-t-v" | |
-1 letter: elative. | |
-2 letters: halite, thieve, velate. | |
-3 letters: alive, elate, elite, evite, halve, heave, helve, laith, lathe, lathi, leave, lethe, lieve, lithe, telae, telia, valet, vitae, vital. | |
-4 letters: alee, alit, eath, eave, elhi, evil, haet, hail, hale, halt, hate, have, heal, heat, heel, heil, hila, hilt, hive, ilea, late, lath, lati, lave, leet, leva, lite, live. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-i-l-t-v" | |
+3 letters: heavenliest. | |
+4 letters: exhaustively, exhilarative, shrievalties. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 45 4C 56 45 54 49 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .-.. ...- . - .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01000101 01001100 01010110 01000101 01010100 01001001 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H E L V E T I A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0045 004C 0056 0045 0054 0049 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4239465639544335 |
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