Bohemia

American  

[boh-hee-mee-uh] / boʊˈhi mi ə /

noun

1. Czech Čechy.  a region in the W Czech Republic: formerly a kingdom in central Europe; under Hapsburg rule 1526–1918. 20,101 sq. mi. (52,060 sq. km).

2. (often lowercase) a district inhabited by persons, typically artists, writers, and intellectuals, whose way of life, dress, etc., are generally unconventional or avant-garde.

3. (often lowercase) the social circles where such behavior is prevalent.

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Bohemia British  

/ bəʊˈhiːmɪə /

noun

1. a former kingdom of central Europe, surrounded by mountains: independent from the 9th to the 13th century; belonged to the Hapsburgs from 1526 until 1918

2. Czech name: Čechy.  German name: Böhmen.  an area of the W Czech Republic, formerly a province of Czechoslovakia (1918–1949). From 1939 until 1945 it formed part of the German protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia

3. a district frequented by unconventional people, esp artists or writers

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Example Sentences

The city began life as a nameless Celtic settlement, but Prague’s history starts in earnest in the Middle Ages, when it flourished as the capital of the Slavic duchy-turned-kingdom of Bohemia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chicky, an ex-Marine, sees all and says little—until he wonders if the Bohemia’s tenants might offer him an escape from private grief and money woes.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was fitted with a GPS tag and released on the Czech-Austrian border, on the edge of the Sumava forest of South Bohemia.

From BBC

Added together, the scripts for the role-playing epics set in 15th Century Bohemia run to more than three million pages and thousands of lines.

From BBC

In the Czech Republic, a dam burst in the country's South Bohemia region on Saturday.

From BBC