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thule
/ˈtuːliː/
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What does thule mean?
proper noun
- The semi-legendary island of classical antiquity considered to represent the northernmost location in the inhabited world (the Ecumene).
- The historical Eskimo culture extending from Alaska to Greenland between the 6th and 14th centuries.
- A settlement in northwestern Greenland established in 1910 by the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- An air base built on the site in the 1940s.
- A locality in the Murray River council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
- The smaller lobe of the trans-Neptunian object Ultima Thule, a contact binary object.
- (historical) A nationalist and occultist group in Germany in the early 20th century, which included some of the founding members of the Nazi Party.
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IPA pronunciation
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The course was laid to carry us clear of the island and then south of South Thule, Sandwich Group.
"Et te colet ultima Thule," said Virgil, being of opinion that Iceland was the extreme part of the world habitable toward the north.
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On an elevated coast, which appeared in sight upon the 31st; our commander bestowed the appellation of the Southern Thule.
From being one of the most inaccessible districts of the north—the very ultima Thule of civilization—Caithness became a pattern county for its roads, its agriculture, and its fisheries.
Some, who seemed to be better informed than the rest, declared that the "row" would begin with the ballad of the KING OF THULE and rushed to the subscribers' entrance to warn Carlotta.