Bohemian

:For other uses see Bohemian (disambiguation)

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Bohemians are inhabitants of Bohemia, Czech Republic. The term used to designate inhabitants of the former kingdom of Bohemia, located in the modern day Czech Republic. The name derived from the Latin term for the Celtic tribe (Boii) inhabiting that area (Tacitus: Boiohaemum). The word "Bohemians" was never used by the local Czech population. In Czech, the region was since early Middle Ages called only "?echy" - Bohemia or "Kr?lovstv? ?esk?" - Kingdom of Bohemia, and its mainly Czech-speaking inhabitants "?e?i".

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In other European vernaculars and in Latin (Bohemi) the word "Bohemian" or its derivates was used to designate all inhabitants of Bohemia. If the Czech ethnic origin was to be stressed, combinations like "Bohemian of Bohemian language", "a real Bohemian" etc. were used.

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It was not until the 19th century when other European languages started to use the word "Czechs" (in English), "Tschechen" (in German) or tch?ques (in French) in a deliberate (and succesful) attempt to distinguish between ethnic Czechs and other inhabitants of Bohemia.

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It is not clear how the word acquired its secondary meaning (see Bohemianism or Bohemian (disambiguation)).

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