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Bohemia

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Bo·he·mi·a  (b-hm-) In Czech e·chy (ch)
A historical region and former kingdom of present-day western Czech Republic. The Czechs, a Slavic people, settled in the area between the 1st and 5th centuries a.d. A later principality was independent until the 15th century, when it passed to Hungary and then to the Hapsburg dynasty of Austria. Bohemia became the core of the newly formed state of Czechoslovakia in 1918.

bo·he·mi·a  (b-hm-)
n.
1. A community of persons with artistic or literary tastes who adopt manners and mores conspicuously different from those expected or approved of by the majority of society.
2. The district in which bohemians live.

[Back-formation from bohemian.]

Bohemia [bəʊˈhiːmɪə]
n
1. (Placename) 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. (Placename) 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]
3. a district frequented by unconventional people, esp artists or writers
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Bohemia - a historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic
2.bohemia - a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp, pack - an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Translations
Bohemia [bəʊˈhiːmɪə] NBohemia f
Bohemia [bəʊˈhiːmiə] nBohême f
Bohemia
n (Geog) → Böhmen nt; (fig)Boheme f
Bohemia [bəʊˈhiːmɪə] nBoemia
Bohemia [bəʊˈhiːmɪə] nBoemia


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I do not believe that there was in that genteel Bohemia an intensive culture of chastity, but I do not remember so crude a promiscuity as seems to be practised in the present day.
I slept at Baker Street that night, and we were engaged upon our toast and coffee in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed into the room.
He left Bohemia with more than a thousand dollars in savings, after their passage money was paid.
 
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