bohemia
/boʊ̯ˈhi.mi.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.07 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.
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Example Sentences
- "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."
- "It's a hip place to be, Phyllis' Musical Inn: smoky, dusty, and dingy, it fulfills most expectations of contemporary urban bohemia."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Celtic *bāusder. Latin Boiī Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimazbor. Late Latin Boiohaemumlbor. Middle French Bohême French Bohêmebor. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Bohemia 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.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /boʊ̯ˈhi.mi.ə/
- British English: /bəʊ̯ˈhiː.miː.ə/