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HOUYHNHNMS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Houyhnhnms mean?
• HOUYHNHNMS (noun)
The noun HOUYHNHNMS has 1 sense:
1. a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos
Familiarity information: HOUYHNHNMS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Houyhnhnms" 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)
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