Bohemia
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- proper noun
- /boʊˈhiːmiə/
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Bohemia
- History of Prague: 870 Prague founded, 1085 Prague becomes the royal capital of Bohemia, 1346.
- Bohemia and Moravia
- Bohemia region
- immigrants from Bohemia
His side loses a major battle, he has to flee Bohemia.
- His side loses a major battle, he has to flee Bohemia.
- There were all these sort of called proto Protestant revolts and, and critiques going on long before Luther, particularly in Bohemia.
Examples
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The definitions and boundaries of Bohemia changed with each generation of the nineteenth century.
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My mother came from Cermna in Bohemia, but she forgot how to talk Czech.
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Then what were you doing at Little Bohemia?
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In the short term, keeping industrial jobs in Bohemia could mean losing them in Bavaria.
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I fought for this country in the Rhine, in Italy, in Bohemia.
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Various anecdotes exist about visitors from Bohemia who are unable to understand the Moravian speech of Texas.
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A separate place-of-birth rubric for Bohemia, distinct from Austria, was subsequently introduced.
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The earliest immigrants, including Czechs from northeastern Bohemia, arrived in the 1830s and 1840s.
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My mother came from a small village in Bohemia, which is famous for its beautiful landscapes.
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The history of Bohemia is rich with tales of medieval kings and fierce battles.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Bohemia comes from the name of the Boii, an old tribe, plus an old German word haim meaning 'home'. So Bohemia originally meant 'home of the Boii', which is why it names the historic region that is now part of the Czech Republic.