Place made up of most of French city, I estimate (8)

I believe the answer is:

lilliput

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'place' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Fantastic place' mean 'lilliput' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'lilliput')

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(Other definitions for lilliput that I've seen before include "Land visited by Gulliver" , "Gulliver's land of little people (8)" , "First country to which Gulliver travelled" , "Swift's land of tiny people" , "Country visited by Gulliver on his travels" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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