The word, which I interpret the Flying or Floating Island, is in the original Laputa, whereof I could never learn the true etymo
logy. Lap, in the old obsolete language, signifies high; and untuh, a governor; from which they say, by corruption, was derived Laputa from Lapuntah. Which word or words from the passage above illustrates original diction? I. “Floating Island” II. corruption III. “Lapuntah”
