bohemia

name

Etymology: 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.

1. A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.
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noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Bohemia.

   “It's a hip place to be, Phyllis' Musical Inn: smoky, dusty, and dingy, it fulfills most expectations of contemporary urban bohemia.”