Helvetia
National personification of Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Helvetia (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Helvetica, a sans-serif font.
Helvetia (/hɛlˈviːʃə/)[1] is a national personification of Switzerland, officially Confoederatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation.
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The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing clothing, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss flag, and commonly with braided hair and a wreath as a symbol of confederation. The name is a derivation of the ethnonym Helvetii, the name of the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the Swiss Plateau before the Roman conquest.