LAPUTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Laputa" is a kind of...):

fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)

Derivation:

Laputan (not practical or realizable; speculative)

Laputan (relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Laputa or its people)

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