Abbreviation ofLatinCōnfoederātiō Helvētica(“Swiss Confederation”).
CH
- (international standards)ISO 3166-1alpha-2country code forSwitzerland.
- Synonym:CHE(alpha-3)
Abbreviation
CH (countable anduncountable,pluralCHs)
- Initialism ofcompanion ofhonour, a Britishhonour andpostnominal abbreviation.
- Abbreviation ofheavy cruiser.
- (US, army, aviation)Initialism ofcargo helicopter.
- (set theory)Initialism ofcontinuum hypothesis.
- (medicine)Initialism ofcluster headache.
- Initialism ofcentral heating.
- Initialism ofCretan Hieroglyphic.
CH
- (Canada) theMontreal Canadienshockeyclub
- Abbreviation ofChandigarh(Indianunion territory)
CH (upper case,lower casech)
- Third letter of theCornish alphabet
CH (upper case,lower casech,mixed caseCh)
- adigraph, the fourteenth letter of theCzech alphabet, afterH and beforeI
Upper caseCH is usually used only in texts or parts of texts fully written in upper case. If it is the first letter of a name or of a sentence, mixed caseCh is usually used.
CH m pl (plural only)
- (Canada) thehockeyclub, lesCanadiens deMontréal
CH m (pluralCHs)
- Abbreviation ofcentre hospitalier.(lit.hospital center)
- Coordinate terms:CHU,CHSLD,CLSC,CSSS,CISSS,CIUSSS
- HC(“hockey club”);Initialism ofclub dehockey.
- Abbreviation ofclub dehockey sur glace.
CH ?
- Abbreviation ofChieti(Italian town in Abruzzo)
CH (upper case,lower casech,mixed caseCh)
- a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere byH (lower caseh).
This letter can still be found in older books, or in books written by the Latvian diaspora prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to represent the sound of IPA symbol /x/, as distinct from /h/; but since these sounds have merged as /x/ in current Latvian pronunciation, <h> (= /x/) is now used in all cases.
CH (lower casech,mixed caseCh)
- The twelfthletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet, calledcha and written in theLatin script.
Alphabetized between H and I.
- (Latin-script letters)pismik;A a,B b,C c,Č č,Ć ć,D d,E e,Ě ě,F f,G g,H h,Ch ch,I i,J j,K k,Ł ł,L l,M m,N n,Ń ń,O o (Ó ó),P p,R r,Ŕ ŕ,S s,Š š,Ś ś,T t,U u,W w,Y y,Z z,Ž ž,Ź ź
- (obsolete letters)B́b́,Ėė,Ḿḿ,Ṕṕ,ſ,ß,Ꞩẜ,Ẃẃ
CH (upper case,lower casech,mixed caseCh)
- che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet
- Since 1994, this letter has been treated asC followed byH for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by theRAE from the Spanish alphabet.
CH ?
- Abbreviation ofChihuahua(Mexican state)
Borrowed fromSpanishCH.
CH (upper case,lower casech,Baybayin spellingᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)(historical)
- The fourthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario), calledche and written in theLatin script.
- (Hà Nội)IPA(key): [se˧˧ haːt̚˧˦],[t͡ɕəː˨˩],[t͡ɕəː˨˩ ɲɛ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế)IPA(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˧˥],[t͡ɕəː˦˩],[t͡ɕəː˦˩ ɲɛ˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon)IPA(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˥],[cəː˨˩],[cəː˨˩ ɲɛ˨˩˨]
- Phonetic spelling: xê hát, chờ, chờ nhẹ
CH (upper case,lower casech,mixed caseCh)
- (dated)Traditionally the sixthletter of the Vietnamesealphabet, calledxê hát,chờ orchờ nhẹ and written in theLatin script.
Upper caseCH is usually used only in texts or parts of texts fully written in upper case. If it is the first letter of a name or of a sentence, mixed caseCh is usually used.
CH (upper case,lower casech,mixed caseCh)
- èch, the fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, afterC and beforeD
Lke the other Welsh digraphs,CH is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus,CHWECH is alphabetically sortedafterCYLLELL.