The name Bohemia is an exonym derived from the Boii, a Celtic tribe inhabiting the area before the early Slavs arrived. The Czech name Čechy is from the same root but means Bohemia, the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech lands and the modern Czech Republic. Other languages generally have greater official use of a short form analogous to Česko or Czechia (such as French Tchéquie, or Russian Чехия/ Chekhiya, or Korean 체스꼬/ Chesŭkko or 체코/ Chekho) although forms equivalent to "Czech Republic" are not uncommon. However, most English speakers use Czech Republic in all contexts. Czechia ( / ˈ tʃ ɛ k i ə/), the official English short name specified by the Czech government, is used by many international organisations and attested as early as 1841. All these names derive from the name of the Czechs, the West Slavic ethnic group native to the Czech lands. The Czech Republic's official formal and short names at the United Nations are Česká republika and Česko in Czech, and the Czech Republic and Czechia in English.
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