Zomia.
Highland areas of the Indochina region of peninsular Southeast Asia that are historically outside the control of governments based in the population centres in the lowlands.
Meaning & usage
Highland areas of the Indochina region of peninsular Southeast Asia that are historically outside the control of governments based in the population centres in the lowlands.
Where this word comes from
Coined by Dutch historian Willem van Schendel in 2002 on the basis of the Kuki-Chin roots zo ‘hill’ and mi ‘person’.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.