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No, it's really "Confoederatio Helvetica", as you can see e.g. on this coin: https://worldcoinsinfo.com/world_coins/swiss-5-franken-1888-...

"Helvetia" exists too, as the female national personification of Switzerland.

Both are indeed derived from the Helvetii.



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