LILLIPUT


Meaning of LILLIPUT in English

Lil ‧ li ‧ put /ˈlɪlɪpʌt, -pʊt/ BrE AmE

an imaginary country in the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where all the people, animals, and buildings are very small. Places where everything is small are sometimes said to be like Lilliput.

—Lilliputian /ˌlɪləˈpjuːʃ ə n, ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃ ə n/ noun [countable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.