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    Where does the word 'Bohemian' come from?

    Question #17745. Asked by Socrates. (Mar 29 02 2:44 PM)


    McGruff

    		Bohemia is a region of Czech Republic. The nomadic group called the Gypsies or Romany are called 'bohemiens' in French.

    This site explain how 'bohemian' came to describe the poor artists of Paris in the nineteenth century.

    http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/bohem/tdefine.html

    Mar 29 02, 3:59 PM
    bpykh

    		The word is from French and was attributed to a life style similar to those of the gypsies (who were thought to originate from Bohemia) and later to an unconventional lifestyle.
    http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=Bohemian

    Mar 29 02, 4:01 PM

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