Lilliput
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lilliput
(ˈlɪlɪˌpʊt)adj
tiny
n
a tiny person or being, such as a child
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Lil•li•put
(ˈlɪl ɪˌpʌt, -pət)n.
an imaginary country inhabited by people about 6 in. (15 cm) tall, described in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).
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Noun | 1. | Lilliput - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings |
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Lilliput
n → Liliput nt
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