Politician Karel Schwarzenberg went on record saying that he preferred the use of “Bohemia” in this context, while provocateur artist David Černý said that Czechia “is neither sexy nor rock & roll.”
News server Aktualne.cz reached out to Google in the Czech Republic for details behind the change on its English-language version of the European map which likely occurred sometime last month (the publication was acting on a reader tip).
As the world’s most used search tool for geographic facts, competing only with Wikipedia or OpenStreetMap, the change could signify a wider acceptance of the name, despite the anti-Czechia pushback.