[boh-hee-mee-uh] 
| 1. | Czech, Čechy. a region in the W Czech Republic: formerly a kingdom in central Europe; under Hapsburg rule 1526–1918. 10,291,927; 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. |
| bo·he·mi·a (bō-hē'mē-ə) n.
[Back-formation from bohemian.] |
| Bo·he·mi·a (bō-hē'mē-ə) 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. |