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Zomia

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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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.

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