Zomia

English

Etymology

Coined by Dutch historian Willem van Schendel in 2002 on the basis of the Kukish roots zo ‘hill’ and mi ‘person’.

Proper noun

Zomia

1. (neologism) 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.

Derived terms

• Zomian