/ Dictionary / Index L Laputa: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: La•pu•ta Pronunciation: (lu-py'tu), [key] — n. an imaginary flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the inhabitants of which engaged in a variety of ridiculous projects and pseudoscientific experiments. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: laputa (Thesaurus) La Puente lapwing Related Content Daily Word Quiz: lunar Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language