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Helvetic Republic

Helvetic Republic proper noun: a short-lived sister republic of revolutionary France that existed between 1798 and 1803, encompassing most of present-day Switzerland, excluding the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, and parts of Basel.

Proper noun

the Helvetic Republic

  1. (historical) A short-lived sister republic of revolutionary France that existed between 1798 and 1803, encompassing most of present-day Switzerland, excluding the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, and parts of Basel.
    • The Helvetic Republic, as the Swiss version was called, introduced the latest achievements of the French Revolution: equality before the law, uniformity of weights and measures, and a uniform code of justice. It liberated large tracts of subject territory in Ticino, Vaud, Aargau and Thurgau and...2015, Jonathan Steinberg, Why Switzerland?, third edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9

Questions about Helvetic Republic

What does Helvetic Republic mean?
Helvetic Republic means a short-lived sister republic of revolutionary France that existed between 1798 and 1803, encompassing most of present-day Switzerland, excluding the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, and parts of Basel.
What part of speech is Helvetic Republic?
Helvetic Republic is a proper noun.

Words near Helvetic Republic in the dictionary

  1. helvetanes
  2. Helvetia
  3. Helvetian
  4. Helvetians
  5. Helvetic
  6. Helvetic Republic
  7. Helvetica
  8. helveticin
  9. helveticins
  10. helveticoside
  11. helveticosol

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