# 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: /boʊˈhimiə/
* Rhymes: -iːmiə
* Hyphenation: Bo‧he‧mia

### Proper noun

Bohemia
* A 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

#### Further reading

* Bohemia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Noun

Bohemia (plural Bohemias)
* A community of bohemians, unconventional artists or writers.

#### Alternative forms

* bohemia

#### Derived terms

* hobohemia

#### Translations
### See also

* Moravia
* Silesia
* Sudetenland
* Czechia

### References

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

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Bohaemia, Boemia, Boihemia, Boihaemia, *Boiohaemia

### Etymology

From Bohēmī +‎ -ia. More at Boihaemum.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /boˈheː.mi.a/, [boˈ(ɦ)eːmiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /boˈe.mi.a/, [boˈɛːmiä]

### Proper noun

Bohēmia f sg (genitive Bohēmiae); first declension
* (Medieval Latin) Bohemia (a region of the Czech Republic)
* (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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔˈxɛ.mja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmja
* Syllabification: Bo‧he‧mia

### Proper noun

Bohemia f
* (literary) Bohemia (a region in Czech Republic)
    Synonym: Czechy

#### Related terms

* bohemistyczny
* bohema
* bohemista
* bohemistka
* bohemistyka
* bohemizm
* bohemizować impf

### Further reading

* Bohemia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boˈemja/ [boˈe.mja]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -emja
* Syllabification: Bo‧he‧mia

### Proper noun

Bohemia f
* Bohemia (a region of the Czech Republic)

#### Derived terms

* rubí de Bohemia

#### Related terms

* bohemio

### Further reading

* “Bohemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10