Definition of "laputa" [laputa]

• A land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Elizabell, an engineering genius, teams up with her new benefactor to build a laputa, an island in the sky."
• "as for specific stuff: i'm thinking laputa: castle in the sky and nausica in the valley of the wind will be 'adult' enough, though kiki's delivery service and totoro are 100% win."