bohemia

bohemia
noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: translation of French bohème Date: 1861 a community of bohemians ; the world of bohemians

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  • Bohemia — ( cs. Čechy; [There is no distinction in the Czech language between adjectives referring to Bohemia and to the Czech Republic; i.e. český means both Bohemian and Czech .] Audio de|Böhmen|Böhmen.ogg; la. Bohemia; pl. Czechy) is a historical region …   Wikipedia

  • BOHEMIA — (Cz. Čecny, Česko, Tschechien; Ger. Boehmen; Heb. פעהם, פיהם, כנען, בהם), independent kingdom in Central Europe, until the beginning of the 14th century, affiliated later in the Middle Ages with the Holy Roman Empire. In 1526 it became part of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Bohemia — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase Bohemia (desambiguación). Bohemia en la República Checa Bohemia (Čechy en checo y eslovaco, Böhmen en …   Wikipedia Español

  • Bohemia — • Crown province of the Austro Hungarian Monarchy, which until 1526 was an independent kingdom Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bohemia     Bohemia      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • BOHEMIA — ist der Titel einer deutsch tschechischen Zeitung (Tschechisch: Česko německé noviny BOHEMIA), die aus der Deutsch Tschechischen Zeitung für gute Nachbarschaft hervorgegangen ist. Die Bohemia erscheint unter diesem Titel seit 2000. Die Archive… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bohemia —    Bohemia, a kingdom of east central Europe occupying roughly the western twothirds of the current Czech Republic, lost its political independence in the seventeenth century during the Thirty Years War. In the revolution of 1848, an uprising in… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

  • Bohemia — Bohemia, NY U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 9871 Housing Units (2000): 3387 Land area (2000): 8.725651 sq. miles (22.599332 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.032120 sq. miles (0.083190 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.757771 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Bohemia, NY — U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 9871 Housing Units (2000): 3387 Land area (2000): 8.725651 sq. miles (22.599332 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.032120 sq. miles (0.083190 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.757771 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Bohemia — central European kingdom, mid 15c., Beeme, from M.Fr. Boheme Bohemia, from L. Boiohaemum (Tacitus), from Boii, the Celtic people who settled in what is now Bohemia (and were driven from it by the Germanic Marcomans early 1c.; sing. Boius, fem.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Bohemia — Bo*he mi*a, n. 1. A country of central Europe. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See {Bohemian}, n., 3. [1913 Webster] She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. Compton Reade. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bohemĭa — Bohemĭa, lateinischer Name für Böhmen, s.d …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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