Bohemia

Etymology

Latinized translation of French Bohème, from Late Latin Boiohaemum, compound of Germanic *haimaz (“home”) (more at home) and Boio- ‘the Boii’, the Celtic tribe previously inhabiting the area. The endonym is from Proto-Celtic *boio and could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, a reference to cattle owners, or from *bhei- (“warrior, strong hitter”).

Bohemia was abandoned by the Boii ca. 60 BCE. and settled by the Germanic Marcomanni shortly thereafter.^[1] Related to Bavaria.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /boʊˈhimiə/
• Rhymes: -iːmiə
• Hyphenation: Bo‧he‧mia

Proper noun

Bohemia

Bohemia (westernmost area) within Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1938

1. A region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.

Noun

Bohemia (plural Bohemias)

1. A community of bohemians, unconventional artists or writers.

See also

• Moravia
• Silesia
• Sudetenland
• Czechia

References

Etymology

From Late Latin Boiohaemum, compound of Germanic *haimaz (“home”) and Boio- ‘the Boii’, the Celtic tribe previously inhabiting the area.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /boːˈheː.mi.a/

Proper noun

Bōhēmia f (genitive Bōhēmiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Bohemia (the region of the Czech Republic)
2. (New Latin) Czechia (the Czech state)

Proper noun

Bohemia f

1. Bohemia (the region of the Czech Republic)