Houyhnhnm
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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 or . Swift apparently intended all words of the Houyhnhnm language to echo the neighing of horses.
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- Gulliver in discussion with Houyhnhnms (1856 lllustration by J.J. Grandville).
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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 or . Swift apparently intended all words of the Houyhnhnm language to echo the neighing of horses.
==Description== right|thumb|Map of Houyhnhnms Land (original map, Pt IV, Gulliver's Travels''), showing its location south of New Holland (Australia)|New Holland (Australia). Gulliver's visit to the Land of the Houyhnhnms is described in Part IV of his Travels, and its location illustrated on the map at the start of Part IV.
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