Many Slovak nationalists called for formal independence from the centralised and, they said, the discriminatory power of the Czechs based in Prague, first achieved under fascist auspices in and then democratically and peacefully in The breakup of Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Divorce in cast the hyphen question aside. Czechoslovakia — rather than the Czechoslovak Republic — was an accepted geographical name both in English and its equivalent in Czech before the breakup in But Czechs had been debating their own moniker since the s, with the question arising again almost every decade since.
Others thought this would upset regional sensibilities. Yet, after the foundation of Czechoslovakia, the Moravians and Silesians also felt that Bohemia and its capital Prague held too much political control, much like the Slovakians.
Even today, regionalism remains a hot-button issue for some. Thanks a lot, Jules for this great summary, Prof. Pavlinek is right! On Eurovision its called Czechia but on my insurance documents it was still called Czech Republic just like they had Macedonia instead of North Macedonia. Thank you! Completely agree with Petr. Unfortunately, and despite the thorough and detailed report, the name Czechia remains most unpopular amongst us expats.
The name itself will be very often confused with Chechnya and will always lack identity. Understanding the Czech Republic vs. Czechia debate Czechia. Many thanks for this article. The country name issue has to be reminded more often. We are not any Plech Republic.
The short geographic name of a country cannot be substituted by its formal political name, which is transient and ignores the historic continuity of a given state territory because it is limited only to the existing state form. While the Czech Republic has only existed since , the Czech state has existed in various forms and under different political names for more than one thousand years. As such, the political name can never fully replace a permanent geographic name that does not change in response to changing state forms in a particular territory.
The need for a proper short name is demonstrated by the fact that the Czech Republic is often erroneously shortened to Czech, Czech rep. Republic CZ or Czecho. In many cases, foreigners continue to use the name Czechoslovakia, although the country has not existed since Thank you for a wonderful interview!
The arguments in support of Czechia are very logical and convincing. I have been using exclusively Czechia for in English in all my publication and in all my conversations about 15 years. I have used Czechia during my lectures in the United States and in Britain without any problem. Bohemia and Czechia were synonyms, Czechs were called Bohemians and the Czech language was known as the Bohemian language.
Even the whole Czechoslovakia was initially supposed to be called Bohemia see Masaryk, T. Independent Bohemia. Yes, but this only applied to English as you state correctly more than a century ago but it has never been the case in Czech.
Thank you — despite being very interested in international affairs, I admit to having only just heard for the first time, here in the UK, the title Czechia. Now I understand the debate — and will henceforth use Czechia. The US state department has also officially adopted Czechia as the short-form name, alongside the longer version.
The shift has prompted dramatic coverage in some parts. The trouble is, Czechia is not catching on. And Andrej Babis, the finance minister and Zeman ally who is originally from neighbouring Slovakia and is tipped to be the next prime minister, referred to Czech Republic rather than Czechia in a recent interview with Bloomberg. Disagreements over what to call the nation date back at least to , when the former Czechoslovakia divided in a so-called velvet divorce to form two independent states, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The first English text to mention it was in The poor folks who live in Seattle must spend their lives clarifying that they live in Washington state , not Washington, DC. Compared to these cases, Czechia is clear as a watered-downed ale. The Greeks stir like a Poseidon-powered tidal wave whenever they hear the northern neighbor call themselves Macedonia.
Chechnya has yet to declare war on Czechia. Speaking of war, it appears that Czechia has won the war against the Czech Republic. The October reports of Czechia's death recall a famous quotation:. More and more people are using the word Czechia. In September , the European Union's official style guide proclaimed that Czechia should be used just like we use France. Had you searched for "Czechia" on Eurostat last year, you would have gotten zero results.
Today, their databases have over 5, entries. In addition, Google Maps uses Czechia. Apple iOS 11 uses Czechia in its maps and system settings. As usual, the British are slower to change than the Americans: the UK government still clings to the long-form name. No wonder the Yanks wanted independence. Today, you'll get Google Trends indicates that when the Czech government announced that "Czechia" would be their One month later, the chatter collapsed.
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