Laputa$501233$ - translation to English
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Laputa$501233$ - translation to English

FICTIONAL ISLAND IN GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Free Republic of Laputa; Laputan
  • Gulliver discovers Laputa, the flying island (illustration by [[J. J. Grandville]])
  • The Queen of Laputa, from a French edition of ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1850s)

Laputa      
n. Laputa (droomeiland in boek "Gulliver's reizen" wiens bewoners zich bezig hielden met belachelijke pseudo-wetenschappelijke onderzoekingen)

Definition

Laputan
·adj Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.

Wikipedia

Laputa

Laputa [luh·poo·tuh] is a flying island described in the 1726 book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. It is about 4+12 miles (7 kilometres) in diameter, with an adamantine base, which its inhabitants can manoeuvre in any direction using magnetic levitation. The island is the home of the king of Balnibarbi and his court, and is used by the king to enforce his rule over the lands below.