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Wikipedia: Helvetia is the female national personification of Switzerland, officially Confœderatio Helvetica, the "Helvetic Confederation". The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing gown, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss flag, and commonly with braided hair, commonly with 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 prior to the Roman conquest.
![[Helvetia (right) with "Geneva" (National Monument in Geneva)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Geneva_CH_Statue_s.jpg "Helvetia (right) with \"Geneva\" (National Monument in Geneva)")
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![[Helvetia on a 25 centime Swiss postage stamp, 1881]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stamp_Switzerland_1881_25c_s.jpg "Helvetia on a 25 centime Swiss postage stamp, 1881")
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