Lilliput

American  

[lil-i-puht, -puht] / ˈlɪl ɪˌpʌt, -pət /

noun

1. an imaginary country inhabited by people about 6 inches (15 centimeters) tall, described in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

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Lilliput Cultural  

1. The first land that Lemuel Gulliver visits in Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. The inhabitants, though human in form, are only six inches tall.

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Something “lilliputian” (lil-i-pyooh-shuhn) is very small. The expression is especially appropriate for a miniature version of something.

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Lilliput

His organisation persuades farmers to raise cattle entirely on grass, and they have certified Lilliput Farm.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

From the ashes of Morey’s proposed book came “Small Ball,” about a small team with big basketball dreams set on the fictional Lilliput island out of “Gulliver’s Travels.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

The figures are as small as Jorge Flores’s eyeballs as he peers into the window of the barbershop, like Gulliver in the land of Lilliput.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021

While a man is on assignment in the Bermuda Triangle, a vortex transports him to Lilliput, a magic land of little people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2019

The first place is Lilliput, an island where all the people are less than six inches tall.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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