Czechia (new word!!!)

[Baker, John]

        The earliest reference I see is from an editorial in the Jerusalem
Post, Sept. 8, 1991:  "Slovakia will celebrate its separation from Czechia
as Wales and Scotland declare theirs from England."  Several of the early
citations are discussions of what to call the Czech Republic.

John Baker


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas G. Wilson [SMTP:douglas at NB.NET]
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> Subject:      Re: Czechia (new word!!!)
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> "Czechia" was being used in the media and on the Internet in 1992 or so,
> certainly ... sometimes = Bohemia, sometimes = Bohemia + Moravia, or
> Czechoslovakia - Slovakia. One Web site claims that the name was made
> official by the Czech government in 1993. Seems natural to me.
>
> -- Doug Wilson
>