A place in US city where everyone flew? (6)

I believe the answer is:

laputa

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'where everyone flew?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'a place in us city' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'put' (synonyms).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'us city' becomes 'LA' (Los Angeles).
'a'+'put'='aput'
'aput' going within 'la' is 'LAPUTA'.

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(Other definitions for laputa that I've seen before include "Imaginary island" , "Gulliver's flying city" , "progressive island" , "Flying island in Gulliver's Travels" , "Swift's flying island" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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