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An imaginary island populated by tiny people, in the book Gulliver's Travels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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A generic fictional country, sometimes contrasted with a counterpart Brobdingnag or Blefuscu.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A locality in the Shire of Indigo, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Any of various small freshwater mussels of the genus Toxolasma, found mainly in the southeastern United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
History
From Lilliput, in reference to their small size.
