Brobdingnag
| Brobdingnag | |
|---|---|
| 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 that 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.
The adjective Brobdingnagian has come to describe anything of colossal size.