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Cat ownership in Europe (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It comes from the Latin name for Switzerland; Confoederatio Helvetica

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it's just weird to see the E on the end for me, i'm used to switzerland simply being CH

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

They went for the alpha-3 codes on this map instead of alpha-2. In theory they're clearer, but in Europe most people are used to the alpha-2 codes.