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| Brobdingnag | |
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| Gulliver's Travels location | |
 Map of Brobdingnag (original map, Pt II, Gulliver's Travels) | |
| Created by | Jonathan Swift |
| Genre | Satire |
| In-universe information | |
| Other name(s) | Brobdingrag |
| Type | Monarchy |
| Ethnic group(s) | Brobdingnagians |
| Locations | Lorbrulgrud (capital) |
Brobdingnag is a fictional land, which is occupied by giants, in Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels. The story's main character, Lemuel Gulliver, visits the land after the ship on which he is travelling is blown off course. As a result, he becomes separated from a party exploring the unknown land. In the second preface to the book, in 1727, Gulliver laments that the publisher misspelled the land's name, which Gulliver asserts is actually called Brobdingrag.[1]
The adjective "Brobdingnagian" has come to describe anything of colossal size.[2]
- ^ "A Letter From Captain Gulliver to His Cousin Sympson". Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Brobdingnagian". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2019.