Meanings
bohemia1
plural bohemias
- Alternative letter-case form of Bohemia.
It's a hip place to be, Phyllis' Musical Inn: smoky, dusty, and dingy, it fulfills most expectations of contemporary urban bohemia.
1988 March 18, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader
Bohemia2
- A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.
- A place name elsewhere:
- An inner suburb of Hastings, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ8010).
- 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.
plural Bohemias · alternative bohemia
- A community of bohemians, unconventional artists or writers.
- 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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
- Proto-Celtic*bāus
- LatinBoiī
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
- Proto-Germanic*haimaz
- Late LatinBoiohaemum
- Middle FrenchBohême
- FrenchBohême
- EnglishBohemia
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.
More words from French, Late Latin, Proto-Celtic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Boheme
- Bohemethe region of the Czech Republic
Arabic بُوهِيمِيَا
- بُوهِيمِيَا (būhīmiyā)the region of the Czech Republic
Bengali বোহেমিয়া
- বোহেমিয়া (bōhemiẏa)the region of the Czech Republic
Brazilian Portuguese Boêmia
- Boêmiathe region of the Czech Republic
Bulgarian Бохе́мия
- Бохе́мия (Bohémija)the region of the Czech Republic
Catalan Bohèmia
- Bohèmiathe region of the Czech Republic
Chinese Mandarin 波希米亞 /波希米亚
- 波希米亞 /波希米亚 (Bōxīmǐyà)the region of the Czech Republic
Czech Čechy, Čechie
- Čechythe region of the Czech Republic
- Čechiethe region of the Czech Republic
- Bohemiethe region of the Czech Republic
Danish Bøhmen
- Bøhmenthe region of the Czech Republic
Dutch Bohemen
- Bohementhe region of the Czech Republic
Esperanto Bohemio
- Bohemiothe region of the Czech Republic
Estonian Böömimaa
- Böömimaathe region of the Czech Republic
European Portuguese Boémia
- Boémiathe region of the Czech Republic
Finnish Böömi
- Böömithe region of the Czech Republic
French Bohême
- Bohêmethe region of the Czech Republic
German Böhmen, Böhmerland
- Böhmenthe region of the Czech Republic
- Böhmerlandthe region of the Czech Republic
Greek Βοημία
- Βοημία (Voïmía)the region of the Czech Republic
Hebrew בוהמיה
- בוהמיה (bohémya)the region of the Czech Republic
Hindi बोहेमिया
- बोहेमिया (bohemiyā)the region of the Czech Republic
Hungarian Bohémia, Csehország
- Bohémiathe region of the Czech Republic
- Csehországthe region of the Czech Republic
Icelandic Bæheimur, Bóhemía
- Bæheimurthe region of the Czech Republic
- Bóhemíathe region of the Czech Republic
Italian Boemia
- Boemiathe region of the Czech Republic
Japanese ボヘミア
- ボヘミアthe region of the Czech Republic
Korean 보헤미아
- 보헤미아the region of the Czech Republic
Latin Bohemia, Boiohaemum
- Bohemiathe region of the Czech Republic
- Boiohaemumthe region of the Czech Republic
Norwegian Bokmål Bøhmen, Böhmen
- Bøhmenthe region of the Czech Republic
- Böhmenthe region of the Czech Republic
Persian بوهم
- بوهم (bohem)the region of the Czech Republic
Polish Czechy, Bohemia
- Czechythe region of the Czech Republic
- Bohemiathe region of the Czech Republic
- bohemacommunity of bohemians
Romanian Boemia
- Boemiathe region of the Czech Republic
Russian Боге́мия
- Боге́мия (Bogémija)the region of the Czech Republic
Slovak Čechy, Čechia
- Čechythe region of the Czech Republic
- Čechiathe region of the Czech Republic
- Bohemiathe region of the Czech Republic
Spanish Bohemia
- Bohemiathe region of the Czech Republic
Swedish Böhmen
- Böhmenthe region of the Czech Republic
Tagalog Bohemya
- Bohemyathe region of the Czech Republic
Thai โบฮีเมีย
- โบฮีเมีย (boo-hii-miia)the region of the Czech Republic
Turkish Bohemya
- Bohemyathe region of the Czech Republic
Ukrainian Боге́мія
- Боге́мія (Bohémija)the region of the Czech Republic
Vietnamese Bohemia, Bô-hêm
- Bohemiathe region of the Czech Republic
- Bô-hêmthe region of the Czech Republic
- Bô-hemthe region of the Czech Republic
Yiddish פּיהם, בעהמען
- פּיהם (pihm)the region of the Czech Republic
- בעהמען (behmen)the region of the Czech Republic
- ביימען (beymen)the region of the Czech Republic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bohemia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
bohemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bohemia
“bohemia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bohemia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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