Houyhnhnm

Houyhnhnm
Gulliver's Travels race
Gulliver in discussion with Houyhnhnms (1856 lllustration by J.J. Grandville).
First appearanceGulliver's Travels

Houyhnhnms are a fictional race of intelligent horses described in the last part of Jonathan Swift's satirical 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels. The name is pronounced either /ˈhuːɪnəm/ or /ˈhwɪnəm/. Swift apparently intended all words of the Houyhnhnm language to echo the neighing of horses.

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