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Brobdingnag

Brobdingnag proper noun: a fictional country inhabited by giants, which appears in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

brobdingnag: a fictional country inhabited by giants, which appears in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
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Proper noun

Brobdingnag

  1. A fictional country inhabited by giants, which appears in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
    • […] if this Treatiſe ſhould happen to be tranſlated into the language of Brobdingnag (which is the general name of that Kingdom) and tranſmitted thither, the King and his People would have reaſon to complain that I had done them an Injury by a falſe and diminutive Repreſentation.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Country Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC...
    • The satire takes a new twist when, on his second voyage, Gulliver visits Brobdingnag, whose inhabitants tower above him. The boot is now on the other foot, and it is Gulliver who is exposed as diminutive of stature and understanding alike. The Brobdingnagians furthermore excite Swift's disgust at...2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Ch.9, at p.151

Brobdingnag meaning in Tamil

Brobdingnag in Tamil

பேருருவமான, மிகப்பெரிய

Words formed from Brobdingnag

Questions about Brobdingnag

What does Brobdingnag mean?
Brobdingnag means a fictional country inhabited by giants, which appears in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
What is Brobdingnag in Tamil?
Brobdingnag in Tamil is பேருருவமான, மிகப்பெரிய. See Brobdingnag meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Brobdingnag?
Brobdingnag is a proper noun.

Words near Brobdingnag in the dictionary

  1. broasts
  2. brob
  3. brobactam
  4. brobbed
  5. brobbing
  6. Brobdingnag
  7. brobdingnagian
  8. Brobdingnagian vision
  9. Brobdingnagians
  10. Brobenah
  11. Broberg

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