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

One certainly cannot be understood without the other, yet it gives an impression of a book that cannot decide whether it is a history of Prague, the Czechs or of Bohemia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2024

Lisa Renne Pomerantz, a lawyer in Bohemia, New York, who has helped businesses establish LLCs in the state, said canceling certificates is a significant order because you can’t operate without them.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Where their peers sought out M.F.A.s, Auerbach, who was interested in typography, spent part of college and a couple of years just after graduation working as a sign painter at San Francisco’s New Bohemia Signs.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Five months later, on March 15, 1939, he sent German troops into Bohemia and Moravia, also regions of Czechoslovakia.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti