Named Groups

Southeast Asian People

People native to or inhabitants of SOUTHEASTERN ASIA including BORNEO; BRUNEI; CAMBODIA; INDONESIA; LAOS; MALAYSIA; the MEKONG VALLEY; MYANMAR (formerly Burma), the PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; and VIETNAM. It includes people native or inhabitants of the MEKONG VALLEY.

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Abstract

People native to or inhabitants of SOUTHEASTERN ASIA including BORNEO; BRUNEI; CAMBODIA; INDONESIA; LAOS; MALAYSIA; the MEKONG VALLEY; MYANMAR (formerly Burma), the PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; and VIETNAM. It includes people native or inhabitants of the MEKONG VALLEY.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Southeast Asians
  • Southeastern Asian People
  • Southeastern Asians
  • Asian People, Southeast
  • Asian, Southeast
  • Asian, Southeastern
  • People, Southeast Asian
  • People, Southeastern Asian
  • Southeast Asian
  • Southeast Asian Peoples
  • Southeastern Asian
  • Southeastern Asian Peoples
  • Burmese
  • Cambodians
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, genetics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2023; for BURMESE use ASIANS 2013-2022; for CAMBODIANS use ASIANS 2013-2022; for THAI use ASIANS 2013-2022; for VIETNAMESE use ASIANS 2013-2022

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Previous Indexing

  • Asia, Southeastern (1964-2022)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Southeast Asian People. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000095224. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000095224
  2. Southeast Asian People. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asians
  3. Southeast Asian People. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99929155