Bohemia

== English == === Etymology === Latinized translation of French Bohême, from Late Latin Boiohaemum, compound of Boio- (“the Boii”), the Celtic tribe previously inhabiting the area and Germanic *haimaz (“home”) (more at home). The endonym is from Proto-Celtic *boyos and could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”) (compare Proto-Celtic *bāus (“cattle”), genitive *bowos), a reference to cattle owners, or from *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit”), i.e. “warrior, strong hitter” (compare Proto-Celtic *binati (“to strike, hit”)). Bohemia was abandoned by the Boii c. 60 BCE and settled by the Germanic Marcomanni shortly thereafter. Related to Bavaria. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /boʊˈhimiə/ Rhymes: -iːmiə Hyphenation: Bo‧he‧mia === Proper noun === Bohemia A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic. A place name elsewhere: A place in England: An inner suburb of Hastings, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ8010). A hamlet in Redlynch parish, south-east Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2019). A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. A township in Ontonagon County, Michigan. A township in Knox County, Nebraska. A township in Saunders County, Nebraska. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. ==== Derived terms ==== Bohemian bohemium ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Bohemia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Noun === Bohemia (plural Bohemias) A community of bohemians, unconventional artists or writers. The world or social milieu of such bohemians. ==== Alternative forms ==== bohemia ==== Derived terms ==== hobohemia ==== Translations ==== === See also === Moravia Silesia Sudetenland Czechia === References === == Albanian == === Proper noun === Bohemia definite nominative singular of Bohemi == Latin == === Alternative forms === Bohaemia, Boemia, Boihemia, Boihaemia, *Boiohaemia === Etymology === From Bohēmī +‎ -ia. More at Boihaemum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [boˈ(ɦ)eː.mi.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [boˈɛː.mi.a] === Proper noun === Bohēmia f sg (genitive Bohēmiae); first declension (Medieval Latin) Bohemia (a cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic) (Medieval Latin) a geographic region of Central Europe, inhabited by the Czechs ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Synonyms ==== Boihaemum Czechia, Cechia ==== Related terms ==== Bohēmī bohēmicus ==== Descendants ==== → English: Bohemia → French: Bohême → Italian: Boemia → Spanish: Bohemia == Polish == === Etymology === Internationalism; compare English Bohemia, ultimately from Late Latin Boiohaemum. By surface analysis, bohema +‎ -ia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔˈxɛ.mja/ Rhymes: -ɛmja Syllabification: Bo‧he‧mia === Proper noun === Bohemia f (literary) Bohemia (a cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic) Synonym: Czechy ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Bohemia in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boˈemja/ [boˈe.mja] Rhymes: -emja Syllabification: Bo‧he‧mia === Proper noun === Bohemia f Bohemia (a cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Bohemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025