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thule |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thule \Thu"le\, n. [L. Thule, Thyle, Gr ?, ?.] The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. According to some this land was Norway, according to others Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Thule n 1: a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there [syn: {Thule}] 2: the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world [syn: {Thule}, {ultima Thule}]
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