John Cowan wrote:
>Andreas Johansson scripsit:
>
> > Also, is "Czechia" or similar acceptable in English? I'm really tired of
> > "Czech Republic" ... or should one perhaps start saying "Bohemia and
> > Moravia"? :-)
>
>I think "Czechia" /tSEkiya/ would be understood, but it is certainly
>not conventional. We also have the two distinct countries "Dominica"
>and "the Dominican Republic".
I'll better start making it conventional then ... sigh. Where there an
English name for the place before the creation of Czechoslovakia, or was it
simply "Bohemia" (Moravia afterall being part of the Kingdom of Bohemia)?
Andreas
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