Thule
the ancient Greek and Latin name for an island or region variously identified as one of the Shetland Islands, Iceland, or Norway: supposed to be the most northerly region of the world.
Also called Qaa·naaq [kah-nahk] /kɑˈnɑk/ . a settlement in northwestern Greenland: site of a U.S. air base.
of or relating to an Indigenous culture flourishing from a.d. 500 to 1400, and extending throughout the Arctic from Greenland to Alaska.
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How to use Thule in a sentence
Pytheas is the source of some scanty information respecting Ierne and Thule.
He felt that he had reached the land—or at least the borderland—of Bohemia, that Ultima Thule of every young literary dream.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThule I knew, or at least I had heard of the king who reigned there once and who cast his goblet into the sea.
Tales of Fantasy and Fact | Brander MatthewsWhen he first exploited Ladak, Leh was the ultima Thule of geographical investigation.
The Gates of India | Thomas HoldichA charming picture of manners and customs in "Ultima Thule."
A Russian Proprietor | Lyof N. Tolstoi
British Dictionary definitions for Thule
/ (ˈθjuːlɪ) /
Also called: ultima Thule a region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world: sometimes thought to have been Iceland, Norway, or one of the Shetland Islands
an Inuit settlement in NW Greenland: a Danish trading post, founded in 1910, and US air force base
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