It's named after the floating island in Gulliver's Travels, so blame Jonathan Swift for this one.

Why are Mayans in this‽ Miguel is the only Spaniard speaker, and in the movie he is bad at reading.

It can rightly be called one of Hayao Miyazaki's best anime; thanks for mentioning it, even if it was in the context of a meme.

The audacity…

Laputa was my nickname in elementary.

.......holup....

When I write a book I'll make sure to create a place called Dahoe.