Bohemia

[ boh-hee-mee-uh ]

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.

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

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How to use Bohemia in a sentence

  • His zeal led him among foreigners as a missionary; after visiting Bohemia, he went among the Poles, by whom he was killed.

  • The majority looked as if they belonged to the higher walks of Bohemia, and quite a fourth were indubitably fashionable.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • Wait until you have been really initiated into intellectual Bohemia—the clever young newspaper men and budding authors.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • They adapt themselves to the Quarter and become a part of this big family of Bohemia easily and naturally.

    The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith
  • Here he stayed a fortnight, expecting daily to see from his “chambers” the gaiety of a Bohemia of which he had so often heard.

    The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith

British Dictionary definitions for Bohemia

Bohemia

/ (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. 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: Czech name: Čechy German name: Böhmen (ˈbøːmən)

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

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