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bohemia

Syllables: Bo·he·mi·a/bəʊ̯ˈhiː.mi.ə//bəʊ̯ˈhiː.miː.ə/

bohemia is the alternative letter-case form of Bohemia.

Proper noun capitalized: Bohemia

Bohemia

  1. A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.
  2. An inner suburb of Hastings, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ8010).
  3. A hamlet in Redlynch parish, south-east Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2019).
  4. An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
  5. A township in Ontonagon County, Michigan.
  6. A township in Knox County, Nebraska.
  7. A township in Saunders County, Nebraska.
  8. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.

Noun capitalized: Bohemia

Bohemia (plural Bohemias)

  1. A community of bohemians, unconventional artists or writers.
  2. The world or social milieu of such bohemians.
    • There was about him a certain bar-room grandiloquence that fitted easily with the shabby Bohemia of Cripps's studio, but which the curate, unused to the literary vocabulary, found exceedingly impressive.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 96

Forms of bohemia

pluralbohemias
pluralBohemias
alternative formbohemia

Origin of bohemia

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.

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Questions about bohemia

What does bohemia mean?
Bohemia means a cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.
What is bohemia the alternative letter-case form of?
Bohemia is the alternative letter-case form of Bohemia.
What part of speech is bohemia?
Bohemia can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce bohemia?
Bohemia is pronounced /bəʊ̯ˈhiː.mi.ə/.

Words near bohemia in the dictionary

  1. Bohdan
  2. Bohdanivka
  3. bohdanowiczite
  4. bohea
  5. boheas
  6. bohemia
  7. bohemian
  8. Bohemian chatterer
  9. Bohemian chatterers
  10. Bohemian ear spoon
  11. Bohemian ear spoons

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