Laputa

[luh-pyoo-tuh]

noun

an imaginary flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the inhabitants of which engaged in a variety of ridiculous projects and pseudoscientific experiments.

Related formsLa·pu·tan, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for laputa

I could only pray that Laputa would get to me before his friends had time to spear me.
Prester John|John Buchan
After two shots Laputa had got hold of him and choked his life out as easily as a man twists a partridge's neck.
Prester John|John Buchan
We shall smash Laputa and his men, but it will be a fierce fight, and there will be much good blood shed.
Prester John|John Buchan
By this time, I argued, the influence of Laputa must have sunk, and the fervour of the purification be half-forgotten.
Prester John|John Buchan

To my surprise, Laputa chose to show himself on the green hill-shoulder.
Prester John|John Buchan