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Country Abbreviation - Switzerland
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What is the origin of the letters CH as an abbreviation for Switzerland?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.From the Latin. C = Confederatio, H = Helveti�, "Confederation of the Helvetii". The Helvetii were one of the bigger tribes in the area now called Switzerland - French: "Suisse", German: "Schwyz", Italian: "Svizzera", those being three of the four languages, the fourth being Rh�to-Romansch (or Romansch, for short).
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