"Lilliput" meaning in All languages combined

See Lilliput on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lilliput
  1. (fiction) An imaginary island populated by tiny people, in the book Gulliver's Travels. Categories (topical): Fiction, Fictional locations, Gulliver's Travels
    Sense id: en-Lilliput-en-name-DnDZ9xBF Disambiguation of Fictional locations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Gulliver's Travels: 86 14 Categories (other): Undetermined quotations with omitted translation Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
  2. (by extension) A generic fictional country, sometimes contrasted with a counterpart Brobdingnag or Blefuscu. Tags: broadly Derived forms: lilliputian
    Sense id: en-Lilliput-en-name-6jgpSLMy Categories (other): Undetermined quotations with omitted translation, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62

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