Bohemia Definition

bō-hēmē-ə
noun
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.
American Heritage
A community of bohemians.
Webster's New World
Alternative capitalization of Bohemia.
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Origin of Bohemia

  • Back-formation from bohemian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bohemia Sentence Examples

  • He was the only king of Bohemia who belonged to that nation, and the only one who was not a Roman Catholic.

  • Its geographical range was formerly very extensive, and included Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Transylvania, Galicia, the Caucasus as far as the Caspian, southern Russia, Italy, Spain, Greece, Rumania, Bulgaria, Servia, and portions of central and northern Asia.

  • The crisis of 1860, by which the office he held was abolished, was the end of his official career; for the rest of his life he was very prominent as the leader of the Federalist party in Bohemia.

  • Ottakar was then invested with Bohemia by Rudolph, and his son Wenceslaus was betrothed to a daughter of the German king, who made a triumphal entry into Vienna.

  • In 1451 the emperor Frederick III., as guardian of the young king Ladislas, entrusted Podébrad with the administration of Bohemia.

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Words Starting With

BBOBOH

Words Ending With

AIAMIA

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bohemia

Words Starting With B and Ending With A

Starts With B & Ends With AStarts With BO & Ends With AStarts With B & Ends With IA

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With A