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BROBDINGNAG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Brobdingnag" is a kind of...):
fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)
Derivation:
Brobdingnagian (huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag)