
Welcome to Czechia! The government has made the official English short name for the country
Czechia. The country's long name is still
Czech Republic.
In the Czech language,
Česko means Bohemia. But it is the official short name for all of the Czech lands -
Bohemia,
Moravia, and
Silesia.

The problem is that there is not a common short name in English. The French Republic has
France as its short name. The Russian Federation is known as
Russia. The Hellenic Republic is better known as
Greece.

After the
break up of
Czechoslovakia, the Slovaks seem to have gotten the name thing right. The long name is
Slovak Republic and the short name is Slovak
ia. The same pattern used here is the long name being Czech Republic with Czech
ia as the short name.
In English,
Czechia just doesn't roll of the tongue. The concern is that it sounds a lot like the Russian semi-autonomous Republic of Chechnya.
The Czech government as also made
Tschechien the official short name in German and in French it is
Tchéquie.