Bohemia

English

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Etymology

Latinized translation of French Bohème, from Late Latin Boiohæmum, compound of Germanic -*haimaz ‘home’ (more at home) and Boio- ‘the Boii’, the Celtic tribe previously inhabiting the area. Bohemia was abandoned by the Boii ca. 60 b.c. and settled by the Germanic Marcomanni shortly thereafter. Related to Bavaria.

Proper noun

Bohemia

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

Translations

The region of the Czech Republic

• Afrikaans: Boheme (af)
• Armenian: Բոհեմիա (hy) (Bohemia) 
• Belarusian: Багемія (be) (Bahémija) f 
• Bulgarian: Бохемия (bg) (Bohémija) f 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波希米亞 (cmn), 波希米亚 (cmn) (Bōxīmǐyà)

• Czech: Čechy (cs) f pl, Čechie (cs) f pl, Bohemie (cs) f pl
• Dutch: Bohemen, Bohemen (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bohemio (eo)
• Finnish: Böömi (fi)
• French: Bohême (fr) f
• German: Böhmen (de) n, Böhmerland (de) n
• Greek: Βοημία (el) (Voimía) f 
• Hungarian: Bohémia (hu), Csehország (hu)
• Icelandic: Bæheimur (is) m, Bóhemía (is) f
• Italian: Boemia (it) f
• Japanese: ボヘミア (ja) (Bohemia)
• Latin: Bohemia (la) f

• Marathi: बोहेमिया (mr) (bohemiyā) m
• Persian: بوهم (fa)
• Polish: Czechy (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: Boémia (pt) f, Boêmia (pt) f
• Romanian: Boemia (ro) f
• Russian: Богемия (ru) (Bogémija) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бохемија (sh) f

  Roman: Bohemija (sh) f

• Silesian: Czechy pl
• Slovak: Čechy (sk) f pl, Čechia (sk) f, Bohemia (sk) f
• Slovene: Češka (sl) f
• Spanish: Bohemia (es) f
• Swedish: Böhmen (sv)
• Turkish: Bohemya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Богемія (uk) (Bohémija) f 
• Yiddish: פיהם (yi) (pihm) n

Derived terms

• Bohemian
• bohemium

Noun

Bohemia (plural Bohemias)

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

Alternative forms

• bohemia

Derived terms

• hobohemia

See also

• Moravia