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

1. A region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.
2. A place name elsewhere:
   1. A place in England:
      1. An inner suburb of Hastings, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ8010).
      2. A hamlet in Redlynch parish, south-east Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2019).
   2. A place in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
      2. A township in Ontonagon County, Michigan.
      3. A township in Knox County, Nebraska.
      4. A township in Saunders County, Nebraska.
      5. 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)

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

Alternative forms

• bohemia

Derived terms

• hobohemia

Translations

See also

• Moravia
• Silesia
• Sudetenland
• Czechia

References

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Bohemia

Wikipedia ^la

Alternative forms

• Bohaemia, Boemia, Boihemia, Boihaemia, *Boiohaemia

Etymology

From Bohēmī +‎ -ia. More at Boihaemum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /boˈheː.mi.a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈe.mi.a/,

Proper noun

Bohēmia f sg (genitive Bohēmiae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Synonyms

• Boihaemum
• Czechia, Cechia

Related terms

• Bohēmī
• bohēmicus

Descendants

• → English: Bohemia
• → French: Bohême
• → Italian: Boemia
• → Spanish: Bohemia

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Bohemia

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Bohemia, ultimately from Late Latin Boiohaemum. By surface analysis, bohema +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔˈxɛ.mja/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Syllabification: Bo‧he‧mia

Proper noun

Bohemia f

1. (literary) Bohemia (a region in Czech Republic)

   Synonym: Czechy

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• Bohemia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Bohemia

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈemja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -emja
• Syllabification: Bo‧he‧mia

Proper noun

Bohemia f

1. Bohemia (a region of the Czech Republic)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “Bohemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014