Lilliput was a fictional island on the planet Earth.
It was invented by 18th century writer Jonathan Swift for the novel Gulliver's Travels. It was where Lemuel Gulliver was attacked by an army of tiny Lilliputians and tied to a cart. (TNG novel: Gulliver's Fugitives)
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In 2266, an experience similar to that of Gulliver in Lilliput was had by James T. Kirk on the planet Kujal. Tiny General Kwy led an aerial assault of a dozen aircraft which fired bolas that whipped around Kirk and dragged him to the ground. He was gassed and hoisted by cranes onto a wheeled cart. (TOS comic: "Dwarf Planet")
In the 2340s on Rampart, a young girl named Amoret discovered a page from Gulliver's Travels. It thrilled her with its drawing of Gulliver in Lilliput being tied to a sled by Lilliputians, stories which were contraband on Rampart. (TNG novel: Gulliver's Fugitives)
In 2366, faced with the threat of sentient nanites, Captain Jean-Luc Picard kept thinking about Gulliver and being “overpowered by Lilliputians.” (TNG episode: "Evolution")
In 2370, Benjamin Sisko thought the personnel of the Okana Shipyards constructing the USS Hannibal looked like Lilliputians swarming over Gulliver from his perspective. (DS9 novel: Antimatter)
In 2376, Picard was again reminded of Lilliputians and Gulliver when he approached the USS Enterprise via a shuttlecraft and saw thousands of Elaysians swarming over his ship. (TNG novel: Gemworld, Book One)
Also in 2376, during a Captain Proton adventure, Tom Paris beamed into a room that had tiny chairs and tables which reminded him of Gulliver and the Lilliputians. (VOY - Gateways novel: No Man's Land)
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- Gulliver's Travels at Project Gutenberg.
- Lilliput and Blefuscu article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.