How do you use Laputa in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Laputa meaning
A fictional flying island in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).
Synonyms of Laputa
Using Laputa
- The main meaning on this page is: A fictional flying island in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).
- Useful related words include: imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place.
Context around Laputa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Laputa
- In this selection, "laputa" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, leave stand out and add context to how "laputa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include island of laputa was an and laputa s tyrannical. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "laputa" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with laputa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wives often request to leave the island to visit the land below; however, these requests are almost never granted because the women who leave Laputa never want to return. (29 words)
Laputa's tyrannical king controls the mainland mostly by threatening to cover rebel regions with the island's shadow, thus blocking sunlight and rain, or by throwing rocks at rebellious surface cities. (32 words)
Lindalino The five-paragraph episode in Part III, telling of the rebellion of the surface city of Lindalino against the flying island of Laputa, was an obvious allegory to the affair of Drapier's Letters of which Swift was proud. (40 words)
Lindalino The five-paragraph episode in Part III, telling of the rebellion of the surface city of Lindalino against the flying island of Laputa, was an obvious allegory to the affair of Drapier's Letters of which Swift was proud. (40 words)
Laputa's tyrannical king controls the mainland mostly by threatening to cover rebel regions with the island's shadow, thus blocking sunlight and rain, or by throwing rocks at rebellious surface cities. (32 words)
Wives often request to leave the island to visit the land below; however, these requests are almost never granted because the women who leave Laputa never want to return. (29 words)
Example sentences (3)
Laputa's tyrannical king controls the mainland mostly by threatening to cover rebel regions with the island's shadow, thus blocking sunlight and rain, or by throwing rocks at rebellious surface cities.
Lindalino The five-paragraph episode in Part III, telling of the rebellion of the surface city of Lindalino against the flying island of Laputa, was an obvious allegory to the affair of Drapier's Letters of which Swift was proud.
Wives often request to leave the island to visit the land below; however, these requests are almost never granted because the women who leave Laputa never want to return.