Bohemia

See also: bohemia, Bohémia, and Bohèmia

English

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.

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Noun

Bohemia (plural Bohemias)

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

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References

  1. Dietz, Karlheinz (Würzburg). “Boiohaemum.” Brill’s New Pauly, 2012. Reference. 14 March 2012

Latin

Etymology

From Late Latin Boiohaemum, compound of Germanic *haimaz (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).

Pronunciation

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)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Bōhēmia
Genitive Bōhēmiae
Dative Bōhēmiae
Accusative Bōhēmiam
Ablative Bōhēmiā
Vocative Bōhēmia

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔˈxɛ.mʲa/
  • (file)

Noun

Bohemia f

  1. (literary) Bohemia, Czechia

Declension

Further reading

  • Bohemia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Proper noun

Bohemia f

  1. Bohemia (the region of the Czech Republic)
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