Abbreviation ofLatinCōnfoederātiō Helvētica(“Swiss Confederation”).
CH
- (international standards)ISO 3166-1alpha-2country code forSwitzerland.
- Synonym:CHE(alpha-3)
CH (countable anduncountable,pluralCHs)
- (Commonwealth, postnominal)Initialism ofcompanion of honour.
- (nautical)Abbreviation ofheavy cruiser.
- (US, military, aviation)Initialism ofcargo helicopter.
- (set theory)Initialism ofcontinuum hypothesis.
- (medicine)Initialism ofcluster headache.
- Initialism ofcentral heating.
- Initialism ofCretan Hieroglyphic.
CH
- (Canada, ice hockey)Short forMontreal Canadiens.
- Abbreviation ofChandigarh: aunion territory ofIndia.
CH (all caps,upper caseCh,lower casech)
- The thirdletter of the Cornishalphabet, written in theLatin script.
CH (all caps,upper caseCh,lower casech)
- The fourteenthletter of the Czechalphabet, written in theLatin script; preceded byH and followed byI.
All-capsCH 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, regular uppercaseCh is usually used.
CH m (pluralCHs)
- initialism ofcentre hospitalier(literally“hospital center”)
- Coordinate terms:CHU,CHSLD,CLSC,CSSS,CISSS,CIUSSS
- (field hockey orice hockey)initialism ofclub dehockey(“hockey club”);HC
- initialism ofclub dehockey sur glace
- alternativeletter-case form ofch(“horsepower”)
CH m pl (plural only)
- (Canada, ice hockey)short forCanadiens de Montréal, an ice hockey team based inMontreal.
CH ?
- abbreviation ofChieti: acity andprovince ofAbruzzo,Italy
CH (all caps,upper caseCh,lower casech)
- (historical)Aletter of the Latvianalphabet, written in theLatin script; 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 (all caps,upper caseCh,lower casech)
- The twelfthletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet, calledcha and written in theLatin script; preceded byH and followed byI.
- (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 (all caps,upper caseCh,lower casech)
- (historical)The fourthletter of the Spanishalphabet, calledche and written in theLatin script; preceded byC and followed byD.
- 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: astate ofMexico
Borrowed fromSpanishCH.
CH (all caps,upper caseCh,lower casech)(historical)
- the fourthletter of 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 (all caps,upper caseCh,lower casech)
- (dated)Traditionally the sixthletter of the Vietnamesealphabet, calledxê hát,chờ orchờ nhẹ and written in theLatin script.
All-capsCH 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, standard upper caseCh is usually used.
CH (all caps,upper caseCh,lower casech)
- The fourthletter of the Welshalphabet, calledèch and written in theLatin script; preceded byC and followed byD.
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.
