Helvetia

Standing Helvetia on obverse of a Swiss 2-franc coin

Helvetia (/hɛlˈvʃə/)[1] is a national personification of Switzerland, officially Confoederatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation.

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.

  1. ^ "Helvetia". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020.