Bohemian
Bohemians are inhabitants of Bohemia, Czech Republic.
- Bohemians is better designation for Czechs used predominantly before 1918. It is quite old name, derived from latin and continually used between years 806 and 1918. Today, word Bohemian is equal to word Czech. Word 'Czech' is more formal than word 'Bohemian' and it has a sense of stupid 'political corectness' because English name 'Czech' was created just after 1918 and officially promoted between 1919-1938 and 1945-1993 in accordance of one 'Czechoslovak' nation, created by Bohemians and Slovaks; after peaceful secession of Slovakia from Czechoslovakia, term 'Czechs' for Bohemians has no rationality, altrough is used by officials and politicians, it is not used by common people, who still use old name Bohemian.
- A secondary meaning for the term Bohemian emerged in early 19th century France. The term was used to describe a group of artists, writers, and disenchanted people of all sorts who wished to live a non-traditional lifestyle. See the article Bohemianism for more on this. In 15th century, king Zikmund of Bohemia ejected all Gipsies from Bohemia; they fled to France, where they were sometimes called 'Bohemiens' for land of their ejection. In 19th century, few French writers renewed this name and Henri Murger use it in his books. It was W. M. Thackeray, who use this second meaning of the world 'Bohemian' first in English.
- FC BOHEMIANS is famous Prague fooball (soccer) club, founded 1927.
- Bohemian FC is a Dublin based football team.
See also Bohemian Rhapsody, a song by Queen.
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