Laputa
[lә'pju:tә]
Definition
(noun.) a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected.
Editor: William--From WordNet
Examples
- The word, which I interpret the flying or floating island, is in the original _Laputa_, whereof I could never learn the true etymology. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He is received into Laputa. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The author leaves Laputa; is conveyed to Balnibarbi; arrives at the metropolis. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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