Bohemia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a historical ... kingdom, later a province capital Prague Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bohemia Bo*he"mi*a, n. 1. A country of central ... every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. --Compton Reade. Foolish Dictionary (Not on the map.) A land ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people 2: unconventional in especially appearance ... Rommany, Romani, Roma, Bohemian] 2: a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic 3: a nonconformist writer or artist ... noun Date: 1555 1. a. a native or inhabitant of Bohemia b. the group of Czech dialects used in Bohemia 2. often not capitalized a. vagabond, wanderer; especially gypsy b ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & adj. --n. 1 a native of Bohemia, a former kingdom in central Europe corresponding to part of ... or writer. --adj. 1 of, relating to, or characteristic of Bohemia or its people. 2 socially unconventional. Derivatives: bohemianism n. ( ...
... 0 (2005) n 1: Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637 ... Merriam Webster's I. biographical name 1578-1637 king of Bohemia (1617-19; 1620-27) & of Hungary (1618-25); Holy Roman ... Holy Roman emperor (1619-37), archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia (1617-19, 1620-27) and king of Hungary (1618-25 ... Diet's power. A rigidly Catholic ruler, he forcibly catholicized Bohemia and suppressed Protestantism throughout his lands. He maintained much of ...
... 1841 1. a native or inhabitant of western Czechoslovakia including Bohemia and Moravia 2. the Slavic language of the Czechs 3 ... adj. --n. 1 a native or national of Czechoslovakia, including Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia (cf. SLOVAK). 2 one of the two ... now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (Czechs) 1. Czech means ...
... of the Czech Republic; it lies to the east of Bohemia and to the west of the Carpathians Merriam Webster's ... chief city Brno Britannica Concise Region, central Europe. Bounded by Bohemia, Silesia, Slovakia, and NE Austria, and crossed by the Morava ... cent. it became the state of Great Moravia and included Bohemia as well as parts of modern Poland and Hungary. It ...
... Bo*he"mi*an, a. 1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their ... a variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing usually silica, lime, and ...
... denomination arising from a 15th century religious reform movement in Bohemia and Moravia • Moravian adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & adj. --n ... called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district ...
... of Hungary (from 1387), German king (from 1411), king of Bohemia (from 1419), and Lombard king (from 1431). He became king ... he imprisoned (1402-3) in an abortive effort to seize Bohemia. As German king from 1411, Sigismund helped to end the ...
... Webster's noun plural Etymology: Sedlitz (Sedl?any), village in Bohemia; from the similarity of their effect to that of the ... litz, a. Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia. [Written also Sedlitz.] Seidlitz powders, effervescing salts, consisting of two ...
... Bo*he"mi*an, a. 1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their ... a variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing usually silica, lime, and ...
... s geographical name dual monarchy 1867-1918 central Europe including Bohemia, Moravia, Bukovina, Transylvania, Galicia, and what is now Austria, Hungary ... Europe. Austria-Hungary at one time included Austria and Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, Bukovina, Transylvania, Carniola, Kü stenland, Dalmatia, Croatia, Fiume, and ...
... n 1: Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years ... 1621-57), king of Hungary (1625-57) and king of Bohemia (1627-57). Denied command of the Habsburg armies in the ...
... Sagan Austrian general Britannica Concise Austrian general. A noble of Bohemia, he served with the future Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II in ... Bohemian nobles revolted (1618-23) and was made governor of Bohemia and allowed to acquire vast holdings in confiscated estates. Created ...
... n 1: Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564) 2: king of Castile and Leon who achieved ... German lands (1522-58). In 1526 he took possession of Bohemia without difficulty, but he faced rival claimants in Hungary and ...
... Bo*he"mi*an, a. 1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their ... a variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing usually silica, lime, and ...