What Should You Call The Czech Republic? 

What name do you use for the country? And I'd love to hear from some Czechia residents! How popular has the name Czechia become over there?

Fun fact: Bohemia is actualy called Čechy in czech language.

Me and the Boii tribe

Čechy ("Bohemia") - part of the country.( also historic name of the country) Česko ("Czechia") - short name (mostly used) Česká Republika ("Czech Republic") - full (political) name

I am fine with others calling The Czech Republic Czechia as long as they don't mistake it for Chechnya.

In Poland we always call this country simply "Czechy". 🇨🇿🇵🇱🇸🇰

The Czech lands were known as "the Lands of the Bohemian Crown".

Its good to note, that word Czechia was coined in 1500s and therefore it is older than "Czech Republic".

Calling the country Czechoslovakia is like calling Austria "Austria-Hungary". Czechoslovakia has been separated for nearly 3 decades now. Keep up with the times lolz

In Sweden we call it Tjeckien. We usualy switch ”ia” in names to ”ien”, so techniclay we allredy call it Czechia.

alright, so... 1) ''Czech lands'' is a general term unburdened by historical state systems and can be used to describe any time in history since Czechs acquired dominance in the regions. It was popular during the Austrian rule to describe nations of close cultural ties, since- 2) Czechoslovakia wasn't part of Austria-Hungary, the name was chosen artificially after Au-Hun broke apart for newly created country. In fact, there was no ''Slovakia'', only Slovaks living in Hungarian part of the empire. 3) Silesia used to be its own cultural region. It is now however heavily influenced by Polish and Czech cultural ties. The reason why there are two parts is because Austria couldn´t defend the rest from Prussia. Before that it was part of Czech kingdom (that was part of Austrian monarchy), and as such entire Silesia would be included in the term ''Czech lands''. The name of the kingdom used officially was: ''Lands of the Bohemian Crown'' 3) There are several theories about the original meaning of the word ''Czech'', from the ''the fellow people'' to ''warriors''. The three mythical brothers are only in Polish version, the Czech one has only two, forefather Czech and his brother Lech [lɛx], both version disagree who was the oldest (but it is Czech myth by origin) 4) The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was smaller of Sudetenland, not looking like current Czech republic. The 1st Czechoslovakia was also bigger than shown, here in the video it lacks the Subcarpatian Rus, that was annexed to Ukrainian soviet republic after WW2 by Stalin 5) ''...the Soviets took control of Czechoslovakia in 1945...'' is somewhat misleading. The Soviets ''liberated'' most of Czechoslovakia in 1945. The Czech communist party however did not take full control until 1948, before that the country was allied with USSR, but sovereign in its policy making. 6) The ''Socialist'' in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was added as late as 1960. And the Czech and Slovak republics were established in 1969, after federalization of Czechoslovakia, to help appease the Slovaks 7)I cant not point out the anglocentrism of this video... '(Czechoslovakia is perhaps the name most commonly known... is it really?) Well I have to remind everyone here that not only Czechs have short version of our country, but many other do as well, using it regularly, just not the english speakers... 8) Its true that the new name did not quite catch on, Czechs are really conservative on this issue, even I dont much use it, but if you ask me, it was much needed, as it will maybe finally stop the god awful: ''hELlo iM fRoM CzEch'' after decades of this crime against humanity...

I myself as a Czech person like the name of The Czech Republic more. But dont call us CzechoSlovakia even though it sounds good its a little disrespectful. Its like calling USA a British colony. Edit: This is the most likes I ever got :D THANK YOU :D

USSR didn't take over the country in '45 but in '48 after Edvard Beneš signed out

In Dutch we call it Tsjechië and for the people who are interested, Slovakia is called Slowakije

I'm from Czech republic! Thank you for making a video about my homeland! :)

Big respect for pronouncing the letter Č correctly

Czechia is actually not a "new" name. It has been used in English since the 19th century and in Latin for nearly 500 years. It is a Latinized form of the Czech original "Czechy/Čechy". It was used as an alternative to Bohemia.

**breathes in** *_BOII_*

I´m from Czech Republic and this video is so amazing! ♥

Helping to support, love the videos

In Croatia we call it Češka(Czheshka), so it comes natural to call it Czechia in English. The Czech Republic becomes cumbersome in conversations when in English. Otherwise you where and always will be Češka to us :) btw i'm half Czech

In Chinese we call it 捷克 (jiékè), which is basically a transliteration for “Czech”

Great video about country where I live and I will definitely Czech your other videos :)

I'm amazed how good you pronounced Česko, nice video btw

Bohemia came from the word the boii 😂👌

People I know still call the country by its old name (one even called it Czechoslovakia) but I call it as Czechia

very well done, I didn´t even found any bigger inaccuracies! :)

Thank you @Name Explain. Lots of people that didnt visited Czech Republic are totally unable to show czechia on The map. Really, thanks a lot.

Funnily enough, in Denmark I've only ever heard a shortened name "Tjekkiet" never what would probably be the long official name in Denmark "Den Tjekkiske Republik". Even long before Czechia was a thing

Great brief history of the country and not a bad pronounciation either. Some additional info: -It is still mostly used "The Czech Republic" by natives as we aren't really prone to changes and because most of those opposing the new name can't comprehend that other countries have short official name too. -I can't really tell when the change from using Bohemian to Czech came into place as in our language it is pretty similiar and was at times interchangeable (Bohemia - Čechy, Czech - Česko). -To the history part I would just add that even though we were inclined to Soviet Union (they won the elections in 1945) we have still enjoyed a lot of freedom as we had different type of socialism in our minds. This changed in 1968 when the Big Red guy in the east had enough of our freedom and around half a milion of soldiers of Warsaw pact invaded Czechoslovakia and much harsher regime was installed.

Well, in Russia most of people prefer to use a word "Чехия" (Czechia), it's rare to hear someone names it "Czech republic"

Dobré video, pokračuj v tvorbě. This Translated from Czech Republic language means: Good video, keep up the work. Which is certainly true in case of your videos.

In Dutch, The Czech Republic actually has got an official short name: Tsjechië (which is basically Czechia, but Dutch).

Official name for Czech lands was Lands of Bohemian Crown. However in Czech there is no distinction between "Czech" and "Bohemian", both are "český", which was part of official name since duchy.

Great video

Pěkny video :)

I like Czechia, and the Czech Republic, but a lot Czech people prefer the longer version, that's what a lot of us grew up calling it. ( A proud Czech gurl) Many of us don't learn English good enough.

I really like how you actually took the time to do correct pronounciation of the names in czech. Pleasant surprise

Hello Name Explain I am really proud that someone made this video. It really makes me happy, because i come from Czech Republic. You made a good video and i really liked it :D Also, we call it Czechia or Czech Republic

Im Czech and people know that Czechia is a thing but they still say "I'm from the Czech Republic"

The way you pronounced Česko absolutelly nailed it! I see that you really did your research, which Made me happy... And welll... Not a lot of people in Czechia speak english, so not a lot of people care about calling it "Czechia"...

Is a husband in Czechia a Czech Mate?

Nice video! I'm from Slovakia 😄

Wow I like this!It is an honor for me as a czech person to watch someone go trough the history of our country's names.And it was very nice that you said Č in Česká Republika and Česko.

I'm romanian and we call it Czechia ( written Cehia in romanian) from atleast since 1993

As other Germans have pointed out, we've called it 'Tschechien' for some time, although it's full name is 'Tschechische Republik' in German. An older Generation also refers to it as 'Tschechei', often with the article, so 'die Tschechei'. Lastly, Bohemia is 'Böhmen' in German and Moravia is 'Mähren', who historically were often put together as 'Böhmen und Mähren', which could be considered an old way of referring to Czechia too. On a different note, Silesia is 'Schlesien' in German, which makes your funfact even more logical, as 'Schlesien' sounds even more like 'sleazy', especially when using the German adjectiv, 'schlesisch'!

In the Netherlands we call that country Tsjechië (basically the same as Czechia but with Dutch spelling :P).

I live in Czech republic but i've never used Czechia before lol, it sounds so troll to me

In Greece we used the word Czechia(Τσεχία) long before their government approved the usage in 2016.

I find it weird that there isn't (wasn't) a short name for Czechia in English. In both of my native languages, Swedish and Polish, it has been called by the shortened names "Tjeckien" and "Czechy" respectively, as far as I can remember. Great content as usual. Thank you, and keep up the good work! :)

OK some mistakes: Czechoslovakia in 1919 got Carpathia-Ruthenia, in 1945 Soviet Union annexed it. Munich Agreement (Dictate) happened in 28. - 30.9.1938 where we lost Sudetenland in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. (border area) Ocupation and establishing Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia happened on 16.3. 1939. Communists coup d´état happened from 21. to 25. of February 1948, not 1945. From 1348 to 1749 was called Země Koruny České, Corona regni Bohemiae, Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Inside were Kingdom of Bohemia, Margraviate of Moravia, Duchies of Silesia (until 1742), Egerland, Upper and Lower Lusatia(1635).). And from 1749 to 1918 Kingdom of Bohemia, Margraviate of Moravia and Czech Silesia. Persnally I think people used more localized names of area (For example Moravia(Bohemia too) have dozens of smaller areas like Haná, Valašsko, Slovácko, Blansko, etc. So someone would say: Im from Haná in Moravia in Austrian Empire (Or only Moravia could be mentioned). Its hard to imagine today, but before Czechoslovakia Moravians were culturally and politically wery different. Most of them called themselves Moravians, not Czechs. Sorry for this long post, enjoyed the video.

The Munich Pact was signed 29/30 September 1938, not 1939. And mate, ffs, it was the Russian occupation, and not what you frivolously refer to as 'fashion of communism'.

Fun fact: In Italian The Czech Republic is called "Repubblica Ceca" and its inhabitants are the "cechi". This causes lots of troubles (and pun opportunities) with the word "ciechi" which has the same pronunciation but means "blind people". If you misspell you are implying that all the inhabitants of Czechia are blind or viceversa!

In Russian and Ukrainian, and probably many other languages, it’s always been Czechia

In Dutch we simply call it 'Tsjechië' or Czechia as well

Děkuji za ty rady kámo

In Hebrew, we always called this country Czechia even before 1993 Jews who came from that area was called 'Czechim' (people who come from Czechia)

We should call it the Beer Republic

Ah. an episode about my country! Thanks!

It always amuses me when someone makes video about my country. I get that sorta patriotic feeling :D

Czechia (Česko) is one and only short name for the Czech republic. Čechy (Bohemia), Morava (Moravia), Slezsko (Silesia) are three lands/ parts of Czechia. And Česko (Czechia) is not the same as Čechy (Bohemia), many Czechs mix it.

I must say : i really like the name Czechia and basicly every single person i know uses the czech translation of Czechia ( Česko ) but thats mainly becouse everyone called it that even before 2016. Also : awsome vid !

A teď, kdo je tu z Česka? 😂🙋🏻‍♀️

The czech here! Thanks for talking about our Small country. ❤❤

3:24 I don't want to be nit-picking here but the region of carpathian ruthenia isn't shown in red when it was part of Czechoslovakia in 1918. Amazing video anyways!

Czech lands havent ever been used officialy, but from 1348 to 1918 the name Země Koruny České ( Lands of the Bohemian crown) wad used

Could you do a name explain for the different major currencies of the world? Or has there been one already? (1000th comment) ;)

Communism actually took over in 1948 not 1945.

Czechia sounds pretty cool. I’ll use that from now on

I really like the name Czechia, it's easier and also follows the trend of ending a country's name in 'ia'

Hey man, good work on the video! :) Btw, I feel like a huge number of people don't even know we were given another name (Czechia) and whenever I mention it I just get frowny reactions. For me, its the same... I understand the reasoning behind "Czechia", but I don't really like it... The Czech republic is more ...majestic? :D

In Indonesian, we call it Ceko ("c" in Indonesian sound like "ch" in English). Go Czechia 🇨🇿!!

Czechia seems natural to me, but that's likely because in Dutch I always learned it as simply Tsjechië (essentially the Dutch version of Czechia)

In Norway It has been called Tsjekkia for as long as I can recall.

We us both names. In normal conversation I would use shorter form "Česko". But if I would talk with somebody in standard form I would use "Česká republika".

Ayyy thanks man to tell what i know about 2 years 'cause im from czechia😀

In Romanian, people call the Czech Republic something similar to Czechia. It's spelled "Cehia" and the pronunciation is similar to Czechia, the difference being that the "ch" from Czechia is pronounced as an "h" or the german "ch".

This video definitely makes up for it! :) -Czech Viewer. My family and most people I know in South Bohemia are not big fans of the name “Czechia”

5:26 just love Czech names being read in an english accent

Most of my friends and I here in Vancouver refers to it as Czechia except ironically my Czech friend. I think it is fine either way as long as you find it catchy enough

The dutch short name has been Tsjechië ever since Czechia started existing in 1993, so I really had no problem switching to saying Czechia

In Sweden we only refer to the Czech Republic as "Tjeckien", that is, the short name of Czechia

im from czekistan and Czechia is just fine mate, needless to say, some people hate it for reasons unknown

I'm using "Česko" much more than "Česká Republika", but on the other hand I like "Czech Republic" over "Czechia". I thought your explanation will be vague and incorrect, but opposite is true - your explanation was very good. Even your pronunciation of czech words was better than average :-) ... When I travel abroad I always use "Czech Republic" as description of where am I from. Thank you :-)

In [Modern] Hebrew we've always called it Čékya (Czechia)

I’m from a Czech family and all of them call it the Czech Republic they hate when people call it Czechia.

Heeey my country 😅 nice video

2:36 There is a small misstake, this is the map how it looks now. But in Medvial times Moravia was bigger than Bohemian part.

In Germany it's commonly called Tschechien, although the full name is Tschechische Republik (Czech Republic)

In Dutch we already call the country Tsjechië. It's official name although still is Tsjechische Republiek.

Czech viewer here! Thanks for this video, lots of people still think we are Czechoslovakia... :D

This made me appreciate myself a little more. I know I would have transitioned easily from Czechoslovakia to the Czech republic, because I transitioned from the Czech republic to Czechia immediately after learning about the change in an up-to-date Sporcle quiz: "find the countries of the world". I vote we call people what they want to be called. All the best to Czechia.

4:32 i think it was 1948, not 1945. Únorový puč anyone?

When you said castels that is picture of castel in village where i live XD

I have a Czechoslovakian friend, he came to the US along time before the split. You wouldn’t know it from talking to him, though, because he came over as a young child and he now has a pretty strong Virginia accent.

Hi from Ostrava in Czechia 😁 I can tell you that ovrer here we were using the czech version of czechia - "Česko" as a short name for our country pretty much even back when we were part of austria hungary. The Česká Republika name is now used in official language of course, but most people in normal speech just say Česko. So in czech language this dilema has been settled for long time. In english, however, just the full official name Czech republic. From what i know and was taught in school in normal speech mostly used it too, or used Bohemia. In 2016 our politicians agreed on shortname czechia, which i mostly use becaus it is just shorter. I dont know why they didnt go with bohemia, since it was already being used and czechia can be more easily confused with chechnya.

Me: well as a geography nerd Czechia. Historian: well as a history nerd Czechoslovakia. Spanish: como una Español de españa yo hablo Checoslovaquia.

fun fact: In Czech we have the letters CH, Ě, É, Ř, Ť, Ž, Í, Ó, Á, Ď, Č, Ň, Ů. I am quater of Slovak and three quaters of Czech btw.

Hyphen in the Czechoslovak name didn’t mean split of these countries, but it means connection of those two countries and it also had historical meaning because the first Czechoslovak Republik in Slovak language also had hyphen.

Your pronunciation of Česko is amazing